Proposições para o debate sobre a atuação do grupo Banco Mundial na educação da América Latina em tempo de globalização neoliberal

Abstract

Especially since the 1970s, the world has been the scene of profound changes in its economic and social direction. The greatest example of this was the rise of the neoliberal market model, initially promoted in England and the United States of America and later implemented in the dictatorial terrain of some Latin American states. Based on this historical understanding, this text addresses questions about contemporary trends in the elaboration, implementation and evaluation of public education policies in Latin America. In problematizing the concept of neoliberal globalization, supranational actors are highlighted, with emphasis on the World Bank Group (WB), which have been participating more strongly in the galvanization of this logic of hegemonic production that directly interferes in Education. The reflection presented goes in the direction of defending that the WB, as the international organization that finances the most public education policies, when compared to its peers, only strengthens the logic of neoliberal globalization in Education by finding local actors who adhere to the logic it defends. Finally, instead of proposing the exhaustion of the debate, the text points out paths for a non-naive reading of the movements in Latin American education of the present time, especially for those who wish to start properly in the debate.