Toledo, AmaliaBotero, CarolinaGuzman, Luisa2018-02-142018-02-142014Hernández, A. T., Botero, C., & Guzmán, L. (2014). Public expenditure in education in Latin America. Recommendations to serve the purposes of the Paris Open Educational Resources Declaration. Open Praxis, 6(2), 103-113.2304-070Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/56852A commitment to open educational resources (OER) will require an adjustment of the procurement model by governments, modifying textbook purchasing conditions, and developing the idea that public sources are goods serving the educational community. The most significant changes reside in the use of open licenses, facilitating materials’ search, reuse and sharing. The paper proposes a roadmap for developing policies that advance the principles of OER. It analyzes public policy, and investment and expenditure of the governments of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay towards procurement of textbooks, books and digital content for primary and secondary education (K-12).application/pdfenOER4DOPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCESLATIN AMERICAPRIMARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY EDUCATIONRIGHT TO EDUCATIONPUBLIC EXPENDITUREEDUCATION POLICYARGENTINACHILECOLOMBIAPARAGUAYURUGUAYOPEN ACCESSSOUTH AMERICATEACHING MATERIALSPUBLIC INVESTMENTJournal Article (peer-reviewed)