Wealth inequality in literacy rates

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Social Inclusion (UNDESA) recently launched the World Social Report 2020. The report finds that 70% of the world's population are living in countries where the wealth inequality is increasing.

Today is International Day of Education

Education is considered a human right and every child has the right to have basic education.

Investing in education is critical for countries because education investments yield enormous individual and societal rewards. In the areas of population and health, education, particularly of women leads to later age at marriage and first birth, higher use of family planning, better maternal and child health, greater survival of children and higher life expectancy.   

Also of importance is the need for countries need to invest in quality education because that is what leads to learning and skills development.

Learning-adjusted years of schooling

In honour of International Day of Education tomorrow, we will look further at the educational component of the Human Capital Index discussed earlier. 

Demographic dividends

A demographic dividend is the economic benefit that countries can gain from changes in population structure. Harnessing demographic dividends are not automatic – countries need to put certain measures in place in order to reap the benefits of the changing age structure.

What is a population pyramid?

A population pyramid is a graph that tells us about the number of people in the population and information on how many people are in each age group and how many belong to each sex (also known as age/sex structure).