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Peer reviewedBrowne, Angela W.; Barrett, Hazel R. – Comparative Education, 1991
In sub-Saharan Africa, aggregate data show that female literacy is associated with higher agricultural productivity and is more strongly correlated than GNP with mortality and immunization rates of young children. A case study of Gambia confirms these relationships, with high female illiteracy apparently impeding both human and economic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Child Health, Developing Nations
