How Has Youth Unemployment Affected Latin America?
Is there a direct correlation between youth unemployment and the social unrest? What accounts for such high levels of youth unemployment and what effect has it had on the region?
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In collaboration with the Partnership for Educational Revitalization in the Americas (PREAL), the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in Guatemala designed and implemented the project “Supporting Informed Dialogue on Second- Generation Education Policy Reforms” from 2008-2010. Through studies, workshops, discussions, consultations, and other ways of raising awareness and policy advocacy, the project addresses three central themes of education reform: teacher training, modernizing management processes, and strengthening intercultural and educational concepts.
Is there a direct correlation between youth unemployment and the social unrest? What accounts for such high levels of youth unemployment and what effect has it had on the region?
The globalization of markets is creating increasing pressure for educational reform in Latin America.
This post is also available in: SpanishFor a long time, poor coverage and low quality education in Latin America have been seen as some of the main causes for the slow economic growth and the unequal income distribution. Since World War II, many governments decided to hire more teachers and…