In Latin America. only about 0.4 percent of the active population possess higher scientific and technological training. in the United States that proportion is at least 20 times as high. The equation is persistently aggravated by the natural attraction of the larger group in drawing off the cream of the lesser group. Thus. a substantial number of Latin American professionals and technicians. trained at high cost and great effort. have emigrated to greener pastures offered by the industrialized countries. Latin America. paradoxically. becomes a net exporter of the commodity it needs most: skilled human resources. We are all aware of the vaunted "American knowhow." of our inventiveness. advanced technology and how lacking such assets are in the developing countries.
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