Closing the gap in education and technology advises Latin American and Caribbean governments to address the region's deficits in skills and technology, and thereby boost productivity, ultimately improving growth prospects. To close this "Productivity gap" in the region, the report calls for a range of policy approaches and strategies, depending on a country's level of development. It identifies three progressive stages in a country's technological evolution adoption, adaptation, and creation and observes that policies should be designed to address the particular challenges that accompany each stage.
