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On the recordMarch 5, 2019
If all students in low-income countries left school with reading numeracy and citizenship skills, 171 million people could be lifted out of poverty.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Emphasizing the importance of global education for poverty alleviation.

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