this publication represents a first step in positioning the inter-american development bank as a focal point of information on knowledge-related activities in its borrowing member countries. it presents in a consolidated way a set of available and internationally comparable indicators that map the performance of latin america and the caribbean countries in the three most important areas of the emerging knowledge economy: education, science and technology (s&t), and information and communication technology (ict) and benchmarks this performance against that of other advanced and developing countries.