What we know about acquisition of adult literacy : is there hope? (English)

Literacy acquired in childhood positively influences quality of life, but the effects of literacy acquired in adulthood are not well known. Experience shows that literacy is not easily disseminated to adults and that the skills of neoliterates are not stable. Dropouts, mastery, and retention rates are about 50 percent at each stage, so the effectiveness rate of some projects may only be 12 to 15 percent. As a result, literacy projects are now rarely...

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Abadzi,Helen;
Document Date
1994/06/30
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WDP245
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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What we know about acquisition of adult literacy : is there hope?
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literacy program

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Abadzi,Helen.

What we know about acquisition of adult literacy : is there hope? (English). World Bank discussion papers|no. WDP 245 Washington, D.C. : The World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/547951468739496448

What we know about acquisition of adult literacy : is there hope? (English)

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