Closing the Gap in Education and Technology

This report focuses not only on the gaps facing Latin America in both education and technology, but especially on the interactions between the two. The central premise of the report is that skills and technology interact in important ways, and this...

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Main Authors:	De Ferranti, David, Perry, Guillermo E., Gill, Indermit, Guasch, J. Luis, Maloney, William F., Sanchez-Paramo, Carolina, Schady, Norbert
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ADAPTATION ADAPTIVE R&D ADDITION ADULT POPULATION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AGED BRAIN DRAIN CAPITA INCOME CAPITAL GOODS CHANGES IN EDUCATION COLLABORATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CREATIVE R&D DATA SOURCES DEFICITS IN TECHNOLOGY DEGREE OF COMPUTER PENETRATION DEMAND FOR SKILLS DIGITAL DIVIDE ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED WORKERS EDUCATION MARKET EDUCATION POLICIES EDUCATION SPENDING EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL LEVELS EDUCATIONAL TRANSITIONS ELASTICITIES EMPLOYMENT ENGINEERING ENGINEERS ENROLLMENT RATES EXPENDITURES FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FIRM PRODUCTIVITY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN TECHNOLOGIES GAP IN EDUCATION GLOBAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT POLICY GROSS TERTIARY ENROLLMENT HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL THRESHOLD IMPORT PENETRATION IMPORTS INCENTIVES REGIME INCOME LEVELS INEQUALITY IN WAGES INNOVATION INNOVATION NETWORKS INNOVATION POLICIES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL TESTS OF LITERACY INTERVENTION KNOWLEDGE ABSORPTION KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LABOR MARKET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVEL OF SKILL LIFELONG LEARNING MATHEMATICS MEASURES OF TECHNOLOGY MIGRATION NATIONAL HUMAN CAPITAL NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS NET SECONDARY ENROLLMENT NUMBER OF PATENTS NUMBER OF PATENTS PER WORKER PATENT PROTECTION PATENT REGISTRATION PATENT RIGHTS PATTERNS OF INTEGRATION POLICY INSTRUMENTS PRESENT VALUE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE PROVIDERS PRIVATE R&D PRIVATE R&D PER WORKER PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES PRODUCTIVITY GAP PRODUCTIVITY GAPS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC R&D PUBLIC RESEARCH PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY R&D RATES OF RETURN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SCIENTISTS SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SECONDARY ENROLLMENT DEFICITS SKILL GAP SKILL UPGRADING SKILLED ARTISANS SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS RECRUITMENT SUPPLY OF WORKERS TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL FRONTIER TECHNOLOGICAL GAPS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSITION TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSITIONS TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION TECHNOLOGY GAP TECHNOLOGY POLICY TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY-SKILL COMPLEMENTARITIES TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY ENROLLMENT TERTIARY ENROLLMENT DEFICITS TRAINING INTERVENTIONS TRAINING PROVIDERS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION WORKPLACE TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PRODUCTIVITY INNOVATIONS TRAINING EDUCATION & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PATENTS PROPERTY RIGHTS SYSTEMS PRIMARY EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION
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Closing the Gap in Education and Technology

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