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Education is central to the reform agenda of governments throughout Latin America. Investment in education is seen as crucial for long-term economic growth and overcoming sharp income inequalities. Yet rhetorical commitment has been greater than achievement. Reforming education is difficult. Well-organized teachers’ unions oppose reforms that weaken their power. The supposed agents of reform, the Ministries of Education (MINEDUC), are frequently corrupt, inefficient and more concerned with bureaucratic self-preservation than with implementing reform. It is also extremely costly — after pensions the single largest item in the government budget is normally education.
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Angell, A. (2002). The Politics of Education Reform in Chile: The Programa 900 Escuelas and the MECE-Básica. In: Haagh, L., Helgø, C.T. (eds) Social Policy Reform and Market Governance in Latin America. St Antony’s Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230502680_6
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