Patricia Navarro-Palau

Patricia Navarro-Palau es consultora de la División de Educación del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en Washington, donde participa en proyectos de investigación y en operaciones relacionadas con educación técnica y vocacional. Patricia es doctora en Economía por la Universidad de Columbia y cuenta con un máster en Economía de la London School of Economics. Antes de unirse al BID, Patricia trabajó como consultora económica en CRA International y NERA Economic Consulting y llevó a cabo investigación académica sobre los efectos de políticas educativas de gran escala en desigualdad y resultados en el mercado laboral. Su trabajo ha sido publicado en revistas académicas de prestigio internacional.

Technical education, a potential ally in the face of school dropout in times of COVID-19

August 25, 2020 por Gregory Elacqua - Sammara Cavalcanti Soares - Patricia Navarro-Palau - Maria Fernanda Prada Leave a Comment

School dropout, a persistent problem in Latin America and the Caribbean that will worsen In 2018, only 64.4% of young people between 18 and 20 years old in the region had completed secondary, while in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries this value exceeded 86%. In fact, 22.5% of those between 18-24 years old did not even manage to start … [Read more...] about Technical education, a potential ally in the face of school dropout in times of COVID-19

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