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Literacy is an individual’s first step in knowledge building. Therefore, literacy figures are essential in any quantification of human development. For instance, in the construction of the human development index, UNDP (1990–2005) used literacy as one of the key indicators of human development.
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Chakravarty, S.R., Majumder, A. (2006). Intersociety Literacy Comparisons. In: McGillivray, M. (eds) Inequality, Poverty and Well-being. Studies in Development Economics and Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230625594_8
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