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6 Educational Inequalities 78 Literacy 80 Poverty, poor quality education, and lack of educational opportunity for girls all influence national literacy levels. Barriers to Education 82 Poverty, gender, disability, language, location, and ethnicity constitute major barriers to education. Early Childhood Care & Education 84 Children who are denied access to early childhood care and pre-school education suffer a range of health and educational disadvantages. 7 Environmental Inequalities 86 Climate Change 88 Industrialized countries have historically been the largest carbon emitters, but developing nations and the poor bear the brunt of the resultant climate disasters. Deforestation 90 Rapid deforestation is having a negative environmental impact and threatening the livelihoods of a quarter of the world’s population. Air Pollution & Health 92 Air pollution, both indoors and outdoors, is a significant cause of death and disabling disease. Water & Health 94 A tenth of all disease could be alleviated by improvements in household water, sanitation, and water-resource management. The poor are most likely to lack clean water and sanitation services. 8 Towards Equality 96 9 Data, Definitions & Sources 100 Table 1: Income, Expenditure, & Earnings 102 Table 2: Access to Health & Services 110 Definitions 118 Sources 119 Index 129