capita incomes at that time. By the year 2000, he said, the other countries were still below $500 in per capita income while Thailand had risen to $2,000 and South Korea reached $8,500 per person in income. He noted that literacy rates in Thailand and South Korea had risen to 95 percent by the 1990s while literacy rates for the other countries remained significantly lower. "Without a doubt, a more literate population means a more educated human resource base," Jum'ah said. "That, in turn, means a more enlightened, more disciplined and more innovative work force." --MORE
