ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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it decreases the infant mortality rate
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it decreases the average number of years a student is in schools
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it lowers the GDP
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it increase the average earnings per citizen
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Detailed explanation-1: -Literacy improves the economy and creates jobs Literacy is a powerful tool against poverty. If all students in low-income countries had basic reading skills, 171 million people could escape extreme poverty.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the aggregate level, countries with higher literacy rates and overall educational attainment have lower total fertility rates (TFRs) than countries whose population have lower education levels. The effect of a country’s overall level of education on its TFR exists in both developing and developed countries.
Detailed explanation-3: -Literacy lifts individuals out of poverty Lacking basic reading and writing skills is a tremendous disadvantage. Literacy not only enriches an individual’s life, but it creates opportunities for people to develop skills that will help them provide for themselves and their family.
Detailed explanation-4: -It will reduce the occupational immobility of labor and will also improve the employability of the labor supply. Unskilled labors are seasonally employed, mainly in agricultural fields, and paid minimal wages. Imbibing skills in these workers will ensure them more permanent jobs and higher wage rates.