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adult illiteracy in developing nations  

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  • For more than 60 years the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has tracked the progress of nations around the globe in achieving higher rates of adult literacy. Though nations may define literacy somewhat differently, most consider literacy as the ability to read and write simple statements in either a national or an indigenous language. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Illiteracy, Adult in Developing Nations]

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