Analysis

Untangling the Soft Skills Conversation

Building soft skills can help lead to better academic performance, employment and wage opportunities, and healthy behaviors.

Tamara Ortega Goodspeed

Reports ˙

What’s Next for Chile?

The mobilization of 70,000 students in the streets of Chile is more than just a protest for free higher education.

Alexandra Solano

Event Summaries ˙

Failing Grade

The goal of education is to promote learning. Sitting in classrooms is a weak proxy for knowing how to read, do math, and apply science. Latin America needs to worry less about schooling and more about learning.

Jeffrey Puryear

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Americas Quarterly

A Time for Action

Latin America inequality gap, economic integration, and infrastructure and education systems were among the issues spotlighted at the XVII Annual CAF Conference.

Mary Dempsey

Event Summaries ˙

Guatemala

A compilation of the Dialogue’s reports, articles and presentations on the most important issues shaping Guatemala’s development.

Articles & Op-Eds ˙

Costa Rica

A compilation of the Dialogue’s reports, articles and presentations on the most important issues shaping Costa Rica’s development.

Articles & Op-Eds ˙

Digital Technologies

Throughout Latin America, a digital divide has emerged.

Peter Hakim

Reports ˙

Honduras

A compilation of the Dialogue’s reports, articles and presentations on the most important issues shaping Honduras’ development.

Articles & Op-Eds ˙

Educational Challenges in Guatemala and Consequences for Human Capital and Development

In terms of human capital, Guatemala lags behind in an increasingly global economy. In its Human Capital Index, the World Economic Forum ranked Guatemala as number 94 out of 130 economies. Although a multifaceted concept, learning has a significant role in building human capital, as education –including enrollment, quality and attainment— impacts the future of the labor force. In this article, we review the educational landscape in Guatemala, including literacy, K-12 education, and workforce development.

Manuel Orozco

Educational Challenges in Honduras and Consequences for Human Capital and Development

Honduras shows great disparities in education. Despite being one of the countries in the Central American region that spends the highest percentage of its national budget on education, it exhibits some of the lowest performance. The challenges that it faces are formidable, and include addressing illiteracy among rural populations, improving access to secondary school, increasing enrollment in post-secondary schools, and improving overall educational quality. In this brief, we review the educational landscape in Honduras, including literacy, K-12 education, and workforce development.

Manuel Orozco

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Video

La educación en Argentina: Una realidad incómoda

Durante el X Foro de Calidad Educativa, celebrado el 9 de noviembre en Buenos Aires, Ariel Fiszbein del Programa de Educación del Diálogo Interamericano presentó el Informe de Progreso Educativo de Argentina, el cual analiza el estado de la educación argentina con el propósito de visibilizar los principales desafíos educativos de la nación y presentar recomendaciones para abordarlos.

Maria Oviedo

Presentations ˙ ˙ X Foro de Calidad Educativa: Innovar para Aprender

Photo of protesters in Argentina.

Is Dissent Derailing Milei’s Reform Goals in Argentina?

A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on protests against education-related budget cuts in Argentina.

Juan Cruz Díaz, Carolina Costa, Mariano Machado, Phillip Leon Euell, Graciela C. Römer, Tobías Belgrano, Geoffrey Dennis

Latin America Advisor ˙

Inter-American Guide on Strategies for Reducing Educational Inequality

Educational inequality is a critical issue in Latin America. The Inter-American Guide on Strategies to Reduce Educational Inequality presents ten policy strategies that have proven effective at reducing levels of educational inequality.

Maria Oviedo, Sarah Stanton, Ariel Fiszbein

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