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Correlation Between Literacy Rates In Africa And Latin America And Economic Stability, Shawn Jordan
Correlation Between Literacy Rates In Africa And Latin America And Economic Stability, Shawn Jordan
Geography and the Environment: Graduate Student Capstones
Literacy rates in Africa and Latin America are on different ends of the spectrum. Africa is home to some of the poorest countries in the world and Latin America is not too far behind. Literacy rates generally correlate to wealth as a country. The plights of Africa and Latin America are a no different. In general, Africa has some of the lowest literacy rates in the world and has been the place for horrific fighting for decades. This epidemic has hit the women and children especially hard. Women in Africa have an illiteracy rate of 50% (allafrica.com 2010). This is …