Without the skills to participate in a literate, technological world and the knowledge to transform their environment, people will remain on the margins of society, and society itself will lose their potential contributions.

UNESCO: II Part Analytic Section

Afghanistan remains one of the least literate countries in the world, where one in two men and four out of every five women cannot read and write.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN KABUL

The last literate person in the Western World has finally read The Da Vinci Code.

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We all have a shared interest in ensuring that the world becomes a more literate place.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

Although there are many egg-warnings on the World Wide Web for computer-literate cooks, there are none on commercial egg cartons: precisely the place where they might do some good.

ECONOMIST: Food safety

It is the sixth most literate nation among the top 24 emerging markets in the world today.

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Again, I agree with Butterworth that in an ideal world, journalists, politicians, and the public would all be more technically literate and, therefore, more able to assess the technical claims being made in public policy debates related to technology, science, and medicine.

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