Coveting Human Capital: Is Latin American Education Competitive?

Jeffrey M. Puryear and Tamara Ortega Goodspeed

Chapter Chapter 2 in Can Latin America Compete?, 2008, pp 45-62 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Latin America’s ability to compete successfully in global markets depends significantly on the quality of its labor force, which in turn depends on the quality of its schools. Good education improves workers’ skills; promotes growth; reduces poverty; and provides an important foundation for building the institutions, transparency, and good governance that enable production to happen.

Keywords: Gross Domestic Product; Latin American Country; Teacher Union; Latin American Student; Latin American Child (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230610477_3

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