"Africa South of Sahara" . . . . "Zonder onderwerpscode: wereldeconomie, ontwikkelingsproblematiek." . . "Analphabetismus" . . "Analphabetismus / Welt." . . "Education" . . "Literacy" . . "Schooling" . . "Women" . . "Illiteracy" . . "Poverty" . . "Welt" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "What factors influence world literacy? : is Africa different?"@en . "What factors influence world literacy? : is Africa different?" . . . . . "What factors influence world literacy? Is Africa different?" . . . . . . . "\"Ninety-five percent of the world's illiterate people live in developing countries, and about 70 percent are women. Female illiteracy rates are particularly high in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Niger and Burkina Faso, for example, more than 90 percent of women are illiterate. This paper presents a model of literacy. It shows that the main determinants of worldwide literacy are enrollment rates, average years of schooling of adults, and life expectancy at birth. Income has a weak nonlinear effect, negatively affecting literacy until a threshold level of per-capita income of about $2,200 a year is reached and positively affecting literacy thereafter. Finally, African countries do not have a significantly higher literacy rate when controlling for other factors. This paper--a product of the Social Development Family, Latin America and the Caribbean Region--is part of a larger effort in the Bank to reduce poverty and social exclusion\"--World Bank web site."@en . "Case studies"@en . . "What factors influence world literacy? is Africa different?"@en . "What factors influence world literacy? is Africa different?" . . . . "Alfabetizare Studii de caz Africa." . .