In most industrialised countries, technological change, which has been increasingly biased towards skilled workers,... Show more
In most industrialised countries, technological change, which has been increasingly biased towards skilled workers, seems to be the largest force driving the increasing skilled/unskilled wage differential. The focus of this report is on both the gaps facing Latin America in both education and technology, and the interactions between the two. It argues that skills upgrading, technological change, and their interaction are major factors behind total factor productivity growth and attributes the lag in Latin America's income growth to a 'productivity gap' caused by the region's failure to keep pace with adoption of new technologies in its production processes and slow skill upgrading. The report calls for a range of policy approaches and strategies, depending on a country's level of development. Three progressive stages in a country's technological evolution are identified: adoption, adaptation, and creation. The report suggests that policies should be designed to address the particular challenges that accompany each stage. The chapters are: Introduction and summary: skills upgrading and innovation policies; The gaps that matter most; How technology and skills interact: the evidence for Latin America and the Caribbean; Closing the skills gap: education policies; Closing the gaps: training policies; Technological transitions and elements of technology policy; Networks and national innovation systems.
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Authors:
De Ferranti, David; Perry, Guillermo E.; Gill, Indermit; Guasch, J. Luis ... [+] Show more
De Ferranti, David;
Perry, Guillermo E.;
Gill, Indermit;
Guasch, J. Luis;
Maloney, William F.;
Sanchez-Paramo, Carolina;
Schady, Norbert [-] Show less
Corporate authors:
World Bank (IBRD)
Date: 2003
Geographic subjects:
Central America and the Caribbean
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: World Bank Latin America and Caribbean studies
Subjects:
Innovation; Skills and knowledge; Technology ... [+] Show more
Innovation;
Skills and knowledge;
Technology;
Quality;
Policy;
Income;
Economics;
Performance;
Teaching and learning [-] Show less
