In the back of our heads, we mostly see poverty as a motivational problem. A lot of new research however, shows that the real problem is not a lack of motivation.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. It’s a popular analogy in any discussion about foreign aid.

The ability to read and write at a basic level could be considered as a fundamental human right, simply because it’s so important.