Socio‐economic factors determining adult literacy in developing countries

Krishna Mazumdar

International Journal of Social Economics, 2005, vol. 32, issue 1/2, 98-120

Abstract: Purpose - This study attempts to find the socio‐economic factors behind the differential achievement level in adult literacy in developing countries. Design/methodology/approach - Considers a number of theories. These include modernization theory, dependency/world systems theory, developmental state theory, new human ecology theory and convergence‐divergence theory as an explanation of the differential level of adult literacy rate. Findings - The findings reveal the importance of the initial level of adult literacy and the population growth. Similarly short‐term economic growth has a significant impact on the initial level of adult literacy, and the medium human development and low human development samples Originality/value - This attempt to find the factors behind adult literacy is of importance not only as a constituent indicator of the human development index, but also through its various contributions towards economic growth.

Keywords: Literacy; Adults; Developing countries; Social economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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