Lessons from Online Competency-Based Education
Online competency-based education (OCBE) has emerged as a viable option to help reduce the skills gap in the Americas
Analysis
Secondary Technical & Vocational Education
What are the main benefits and challenges of secondary technical and vocational education for Latin American countries?
Mexico’s Energy Reform: Bridging the Skills Gap
Firms across Latin America are complaining about the difficulties of recruiting workers with the technical skills their businesses demand. Lack of adequate skills is becoming a bottleneck for growth in technologically complex industries, harming government efforts to increase investment in strategic sectors of the economy. In Mexico, the energy reform creates opportunities to generate new jobs and educate and train workers in specialized skillsets, but the country will also face challenges in meeting additional demand for skilled labor.
Latin America’s Productivity Challenge
There is a gap between the skills that the Latin American workforce offers and the skills that companies in the region demand.