Assertion: illiteracy | /r/CapableOf | cost the world economy
Facets:
value: each year
type: TEMPORAL
value: over usd $1 trillion dollars
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: When one considers that illiteracy is costing the world economy over USD $1 trillion dollars each year and that a 6% increase in per capita income could result from lifting the education level of the adult population by one year, it appears the global community is literally throwing money away.