Aims
The Global Text Project sees information and education as crucial for development. At the same time textbooks are unaffordable to most people in developing regions of the world. For example, a Biology textbook priced at USD 108 in the U.S. sells for USD 51 in Africa. The U.S. GNI per capita is USD 41,400. In Uganda, for example, it is USD 250. Here, Global Text is attempting to improve access and distribution with its free textbooks.
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