Resumen

MUNOZ IZQUIERDO, Carlos. Educación y desarrollo económico y social: Políticas públicas en México y América Latina durante las últimas décadas del siglo XX. Perfiles educativos [online]. 2001, vol.23, n.91, pp.07-36. ISSN 0185-2698.

In this article, the author carries out a comparison between, on one hand, informations related to the economic environment and the development of the Mexican school system and, on the other, the same information proceeding from other Latinamerican and Caribbean countries. Subsequently he identifies some of the effects that such development, incorporated into the whole of public policies that effect the people's levels and quality of life, had on the productive systems and on the social stratification of the above mentioned countries.

Palabras llave : Latin America; Public policies; School systems; Economic development; Educational development.