This paper explores the potential the community college model holds for Latin America. Several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have experience introducing short post-secondary courses and non university institutions, sometimes as a result of private initiative, sometimes as a matter...

En este documento se analiza la organización de las escuelas secundarias en América Latina y el Caribe. Se tratan temas como son la provisión de escuelas para un conjunto estudiantil cada vez más heterogéneo y la triple función de preparar a los alumnos para la educación superior, formar...

This Strategy (GN-2067-3) summarizes what is known about how to improve primary and secondary education in Latin America and the Caribbean and provides a set of objectives and strategies to guide the IDB in its support of primary and secondary education over the next decade. The paper defines...

This paper asks a deceptively simple question. After over a decade of concern about and investment in primary education, what have been the results and how much further does the region need to go before it has achieved a primary education of quality for all children? The paper creatively reviews...

La estrategia sobre educación primaria y secundaria (GN-2067-3) resume lo que se conoce acerca de cómo mejorar la educación primaria y secundaria en América Latina y el Caribe y presenta un conjunto de objetivos y estrategias para guiar al BID. Se definen las cinco áreas críticas de la...

El objetivo de la presente estrategia (GN-2241-1) es ayudar a los países a acelerar el progreso social al fomentar un entorno social y humano más conducente al bienestar de la población, con especial énfasis en la reducción de la pobreza y la desigualdad de oportunidades, particularmente...

This paper explores the potential the community college model holds for Latin America. Several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have experience introducing short post-secondary courses and non university institutions, sometimes as a result of private initiative, sometimes as a matter...