...Md. Ismail Hossain; Iqramul Haq; Md. Sanwar Hossain; Md. Jakaria Habib; Fiza Binta Islam; Sutopa Roy; Mofasser Rahman Purpose Early literacy and numeracy development among children may be the best measure of a child's well-being. The purpose of this research was to examine the impact of child...

... to private school effect. Design/methodology/approach The paper utilized a household survey data from Ghana that assessed children on numeracy and literacy in both English and local languages. The primary methodology for this study is non-linear Oaxaca decomposition. The study also utilized Welch's...

... to deal with endogeneity issues. Kwadwo Opoku can be contacted at: kwadwopoku@ymail.com 30 09 2020 09 12 2020 02 03 2021 05 06 2021 20 06 2021 Child labour [1] and low literacy level remain serious problems in Africa. The continent of Africa has the highest number...

...Ziyanda Khumalo; Abdul Latif Alhassan Purpose Taking motivation from South Africa's ranking of 50 out of 50 countries who participated in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study of Grade four learners in 2016, this paper examines the social and economic outcomes of literacy in South...

...Stephen Korutaro Nkundabanyanga; Denis Kasozi; Irene Nalukenge; Venancio Tauringana Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between commercial bank lending terms, financial literacy and access to formal credit by small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Design...

...Aparna Mitra; Pooja Singh Purpose The purpose of the paper is to highlight the differences in literacy and schooling attainment among the scheduled tribe women in India. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses data from the Census of India, Department of Education in India, and National...

...Barrie Pettman; Krishna Mazumdar 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...