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-2069-1) looks at development options for the agriculture sector, which is especially important to small and medium-sized farmers. It aims to facilitate the preparation of loan and technical cooperation programs, improving their quality, and building consensus within the Bank...

La estrategia de medio ambiente (GN-2208-4) es un instrumento rector cuyo objetivo fundamental es lograr mayor eficacia en el respaldo que el Banco brinda a los países prestatarios de América Latina y el Caribe para que éstos alcancen sus metas de desarrollo sustentable. Establece principios...

Esta estrategia (GN-2069-1) se enfoca en las opciones para el desarrollo agroalimentario. Pretende facilitar la preparación de programas de préstamo y cooperación técnica, mejorando su calidad y generando consenso en el Banco y en la región sobre los asuntos críticos para el desarrollo...

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...