Other potential steps toward 4% include smarter immigration policy, freer trade, more encouragement to entrepreneurship and more domestic energy development, and, for the longer term, serious education reform and substantially more basic research.

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The report points out that despite the varying levels of development across the region, countries there are committed to the modernization and reform of their education systems.

UNESCO: HIGH DROP OUT AND REPETITION RATES SHOW QUALITY TO BE A CONCERN IN LATIN AMERICAN EDUCATION SYSTEMS