Building Human Capital: Is Latin American Education Competitive?
By Jeffrey Puryear and Tamara Ortega Goodspeed
Can Latin America Compete?: Confronting the Challenges of Globalization (Haar and Price, ed.), February 1, 2008
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. By making learning the chief measure of success and making schools accountable to citizens, countries can take a major step forward in strengthening their competitiveness.
Reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan.
NOTE: This extract is taken from the author's original manuscript and has not been reviewed or edited. The definitive version of this extract may be found in the work Can Latin America Compete?: confronting the challenges of globalization edited by Jerry Haar and John Price, which can be purchased from http://www.palgrave-usa.com/catalog/product.aspx?isbn=1403975434.