This book presents a new perspective on the assumed links between women's literacy and development and explores current innovative approaches to research and po

Literacy and Development is a collection of case studies of literacy projects around the world. The contributors present their in-depth studies of everyday uses

Assuming that women’s empowerment would accelerate the pace of social change in rural Nepal, the World Bank urged the Nepali government to undertake a “Gend

This book's concept concerns the positive correlation between literacy and women's development and empowerment in developing countries.

In 1500, as many as 99 out of 100 English women may have been illiterate, and girls of all social backgrounds were the objects of purposeful efforts to restrict