Providing Skills for the Knowledge Economy : The World Bank in Tertiary Education in Latin America and the Caribbean

Knowledge based economies have an advantage in today's liberalized global market. OECD countries with extensive knowledge assets are able to drive rapid technological progress and reap the benefits in economic growth and rising living standard...

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Main Authors: Holm-Nielsen, Lauritz B., Blom, Andreas, Garcia, Patricia
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2538849/providing-skills-knowledge-economy-world-bank-tertiary-education-latin-america-caribbean
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spelling okr-10986-103932021-04-23T14:02:50Z Providing Skills for the Knowledge Economy : The World Bank in Tertiary Education in Latin America and the Caribbean Holm-Nielsen, Lauritz B. Blom, Andreas Garcia, Patricia ACCREDITATION ADDITION AGE COHORT ALS CLIMATE DEVELOPING REGIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION · SECTOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL LEVELS ENROLLMENT INNOVATION INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERVENTION INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LABOR MARKET LIFELONG LEARNING LIVING STANDARDS MOBILITY NEGATIVE EFFECTS POVERTY REDUCTION PUBLIC FUNDING PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR RESEARCH CAPACITY SCHOLARSHIPS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS STUDENT AID STUDENT LOANS TEACHING TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEMS UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY EDUCATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION WORKERS TERTIARY EDUCATION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT WORKER SKILLS RESEARCH COLLABORATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION EQUITY IN EDUCATION CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTION BUILDING COMPETITIVENESS SOCIAL IMPACT QUALITY ASSURANCE STUDENT LOANS Knowledge based economies have an advantage in today's liberalized global market. OECD countries with extensive knowledge assets are able to drive rapid technological progress and reap the benefits in economic growth and rising living standards. Yet, Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries struggle to provide their citizens with the educational levels and advanced skills needed to create and apply new knowledge. Recent empirical work by Sanchez-Paramo and Schady (2002) documents a remarkable shift in labor demand towards advanced skills in LAC countries. Producing skilled and knowledgeable people requires a strong education system, including access to good secondary and tertiary education. This note provides information about World Bank assistance to LAC countries to increase access to quality tertiary education. 2012-08-13T11:20:27Z 2012-08-13T11:20:27Z 2003-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2538849/providing-skills-knowledge-economy-world-bank-tertiary-education-latin-america-caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10393 English en breve; No. 19 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean
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topic ACCREDITATION
ADDITION
AGE COHORT
ALS
CLIMATE
DEVELOPING REGIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATION · SECTOR
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATIONAL LEVELS
ENROLLMENT
INNOVATION
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
INTERVENTION
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
LABOR MARKET
LIFELONG LEARNING
LIVING STANDARDS
MOBILITY
NEGATIVE EFFECTS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PUBLIC FUNDING
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SECTOR
RESEARCH CAPACITY
SCHOLARSHIPS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
STUDENT AID
STUDENT LOANS
TEACHING
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEMS
UNIVERSITIES
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
WORKERS TERTIARY EDUCATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT
WORKER SKILLS
RESEARCH COLLABORATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
EQUITY IN EDUCATION
CAPACITY BUILDING
INSTITUTION BUILDING
COMPETITIVENESS
SOCIAL IMPACT
QUALITY ASSURANCE
STUDENT LOANS
spellingShingle ACCREDITATION
ADDITION
AGE COHORT
ALS
CLIMATE
DEVELOPING REGIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATION · SECTOR
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATIONAL LEVELS
ENROLLMENT
INNOVATION
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
INTERVENTION
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
LABOR MARKET
LIFELONG LEARNING
LIVING STANDARDS
MOBILITY
NEGATIVE EFFECTS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PUBLIC FUNDING
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SECTOR
RESEARCH CAPACITY
SCHOLARSHIPS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
STUDENT AID
STUDENT LOANS
TEACHING
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEMS
UNIVERSITIES
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
WORKERS TERTIARY EDUCATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT
WORKER SKILLS
RESEARCH COLLABORATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
EQUITY IN EDUCATION
CAPACITY BUILDING
INSTITUTION BUILDING
COMPETITIVENESS
SOCIAL IMPACT
QUALITY ASSURANCE
STUDENT LOANS
Holm-Nielsen, Lauritz B.
Blom, Andreas
Garcia, Patricia
Providing Skills for the Knowledge Economy : The World Bank in Tertiary Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
relation en breve; No. 19
description Knowledge based economies have an advantage in today's liberalized global market. OECD countries with extensive knowledge assets are able to drive rapid technological progress and reap the benefits in economic growth and rising living standards. Yet, Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries struggle to provide their citizens with the educational levels and advanced skills needed to create and apply new knowledge. Recent empirical work by Sanchez-Paramo and Schady (2002) documents a remarkable shift in labor demand towards advanced skills in LAC countries. Producing skilled and knowledgeable people requires a strong education system, including access to good secondary and tertiary education. This note provides information about World Bank assistance to LAC countries to increase access to quality tertiary education.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Holm-Nielsen, Lauritz B.
Blom, Andreas
Garcia, Patricia
author_facet Holm-Nielsen, Lauritz B.
Blom, Andreas
Garcia, Patricia
author_sort Holm-Nielsen, Lauritz B.
title Providing Skills for the Knowledge Economy : The World Bank in Tertiary Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_short Providing Skills for the Knowledge Economy : The World Bank in Tertiary Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full Providing Skills for the Knowledge Economy : The World Bank in Tertiary Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_fullStr Providing Skills for the Knowledge Economy : The World Bank in Tertiary Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full_unstemmed Providing Skills for the Knowledge Economy : The World Bank in Tertiary Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_sort providing skills for the knowledge economy : the world bank in tertiary education in latin america and the caribbean
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2538849/providing-skills-knowledge-economy-world-bank-tertiary-education-latin-america-caribbean
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