Reports of Gabriel Sanchez Zinny
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Latin America needs to improve primary education to shore up growth and democracy
In recent years, Latin American and Caribbean nations have accomplished across-the-board reductions in poverty and, in many cases, impressive growth rates. These positive trends have allowed for increased spending on education, but cannot obscure the huge challenges still faced by the region in this area. Improving primary education is particularly ...
Latin American nations identify education as the key to economic success
Latin American countries have experienced a decade of economic growth funded by commodity exports, and their people have come to expect higher standards-of-living and greater educational opportunities. Brazil, Mexico and Chile are three of the nations making special efforts to improve their learning systems – but simply throwing money at ...
