One important component of the Human Development Index (HDI) of the United Nations is a country's literacy rate.

One important component of the Human Development Index (HDI) of the United Nations is a country's literacy rate. This, along with gross domestic product per capita and life expectancy, is often an effective measure of development; less developed countries (LDCs) tend to have lower literacy rates. Education, therefore, is seen as a vital mechanism is bettering the quality of life for individuals and for LDC's as a whole. what steps are being taken to improve the literacy rates in LDCs.