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The report recommended action to tackle low incomes, as well as food poverty and the link between poverty and children's poor performance at school.

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She also highlighted her role as chair of the EU High Level Group of experts on literacy, which presents recommendations on how to tackle low literacy levels in Europe.

UNESCO: Visit of H.R.H Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, UNESCO Special Envoy on Literacy for Development, on the occasion of International Literacy Day 2012 | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization