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Children around the globe do not have access to basic education and the countries with the highest rates of out-of-school children are also among the poorest in the world. Education gives people the necessary skills they need to climb the ladder out of poverty and into prosperity. Investing in education is essential in developing countries, reducing poverty rates and producing significant developmental benefits...
Recent studies suggest that the effect education has on health is as great as the effect income has...According to the Center for Global Development, young people who complete primary school are less likely to contract HIV than those with little or no schooling.
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