World literacy: How countries rank and why it matters

World Literacy: How Countries Rank and Why It Matters

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 1-220

  Miller, John W ^a   McKenna, Michael C ^b  

^a CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315693934     Document Type: Book

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