Publication: Chile's Millennium Science Initiative : Building Human Capital for the Global Knowledge Economy
Date
2002-12
ISSN
Published
2002-12
Author(s)
Holm-Nielsen, Lauritz
Norsworthy, Alex
Abstract
Chile's scientific community
garners well-deserved respect in the region and worldwide.
The country has made significant and fruitful efforts to
move towards a leadership position in research among
industrializing countries. While progress has been
substantial it has not yet matched the country's
aspirations and much remains to be done. Although, there are
no observed specific inequities within Chile's advanced
research system, the country's education system has
room for improvement. In higher education, while gender
equity has been attained, there is still an uneven
concentration of enrollment in the top income quintile, 65
percent, while the two lowest quintiles merely reached 25.6
percent in 2000. In terms of postgraduates, Chile produces
less than 100 Ph.D.s per year and would need to be producing
on the order of 3,000 per annum to reach a level comparable
to the knowledge-based OECD economies. Similarly, Chile has
one scientist for each thousand economically active
inhabitants, while the developed world has an average of
five scientists per thousand.
Citation
“Holm-Nielsen, Lauritz; Norsworthy, Alex. 2002. Chile's Millennium Science Initiative : Building Human Capital for the Global Knowledge Economy. en breve; No. 15. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/3f55abdb-b974-577d-8d2d-833ffa2a6f71 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”