NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Robert Taliercio O’Brien, Luis Benveniste, Vincenzo Di Maro, Leonardo Gasparini, Sergio Olivieri, Emanuela Di Gropello

COVID-19 will leave undeniable lasting consequences for generations as a core component of national strategies to contain the spread of the virus was to close schools temporarily. The interruption was not minor: on average, Latin American schools remained closed for almost one year and a half. There is great concern over the future economic cost of these closures. 

The crisis generated significant learning losses, which, if not remediated, will also cause a spike in dropout rates.