The international experience shows that the countries with the highest average educational attainments are also those with the least inequality (Thomas, Wang and Fan, 2000, Checchi and Garcfa-Penalosa, 2004). The distribution of educational attainments is improving in most of the countries, the exceptions being Ecuador and Honduras. Generally speaking, as the average number of years of education among the region's adult population has risen, inequality in the distribution of these attainments has fallen, although the absolute differences between quintiles have not narrowed. In turn, skill at handling these technologies is itself a qualification for gainful employment. Furthermore, networked communication democratizes access to voice, dialogue and public visibility and thence to the power to debate, exert pressure and influence political decisions. Thus, greater equality in access to ICTs and connectivity is vital for progress towards greater equality in capability development and, above all, for leveraging the exercise of both individual and collective autonomy.