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Abstract: Access to information is important for economic development and community-based solutions to global chal-lenges. However, access to information alone is not sufficient: people need to know how to find, evaluate, manage, analyze, and compile information and communicate the results effec-tively for the intended audience. is paper presents a global overview of information literacy policy. e paper discusses the meaning of information literacy and its relation to information policy. e paper proposes a role of information literacy in ad-dressing global challenges. It gives national examples of infor-mation literacy policy. Finally, the paper identifies challenges in information literacy policy and discusses ways to address them. Resumé: L’accès à l’information est importante pour le dé ve-loppement économique et les solutions communautaires face aux défis mondiaux. Toutefois, l’accès à l’information ne suffi