Learning out of Poverty

LEARNING OUT OF POVERTY Education is foundational to human development and has a clear multiplier effect with benefits in health, broad-based economic growth and poverty reduction. 2x A child born to an educated mother is more than 2x as likely to survive to age five. 50% Educated mothers are 50% more likely to immunize their children than mothers without an education. 10 - 30% 10% Individual earnings increase by 18% for each year of school completed. Every extra year of school increases productivity by 10-30%. A girl who completes basic education is 3x less likely to contract HIVIAIDS. 3x Educated women re-invest 90% of their income in their family. Men invest 30-40%. 90% BUT STILL TODAY 1 in 4 53% 98% 98% of people I in 4 women around the world cannot read this Girls make up 53% of the children out who can't read live in sentence. of school. developing countries. SOURCES Education, 2007. | Literacy Matters Fact Sheet Van der Graag and Tan, The Benefits of Early Childhood Development Programs:An Economic Analysis, World Bank (1998). | Hanushek, Eric A. and Wößmann, L., The Role of Education Quality in Economic Growth, Working Paper 4122, Policy Research, World Bank (2007). | The Global Campaign for Education and RESULTS Educational Fund. Make it Right, Ending the Crisis in Girls' Education, 2007. | Sperling, Gene and Barbara Herz. What Works in Girls' Education; Evidence and Policies from the Developing World, Council on The Global Campaign for Education and RESULTS Educational Fund. Make it Right, Ending the Crisis in Girls' Foreign Relations (2004) | The Global Campaign for Education and RESULTS Educational Fund. Make it Right, Ending the Crisis in Girls' Education, 2007. | UNESCO. Global Monitoring Report 2011:The hidden crisis:Armed conflict and education. France: UNESCO Publishing, 43. TAT USAID 50. 50. USAID.GOV USAID ANNIVERSARY FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE