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The impact of the debt crisis on education in Latin America

Implications for educational planning

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Research associate at the Harvard Institute for International Development. This article is based on his earlier work on this subject: Trends of Educational Finance in Latin America. The Impact of the External Debt(1988); The Impact of the Latin American External Debt in the Financing of Education(1989); Unintended Effects of the Latin American Debt Crisis. The Impact on Education(1989); El impacto de la deuda externa Latinoamericana en el finaciamento de la educación(1989).

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Reimers, F. The impact of the debt crisis on education in Latin America. Prospects 20, 539–554 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02195126

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