Brazil leads Latin America in the number of longer-term post-secondary students sent abroad. Given Brazil’s total population, however, some argue that the country should be able to send many more. A recent article in ICEF Monitor details the barriers Brazil faces and their efforts to drive up numbers, including the Brazil Scientific Mobility Undergraduate Program "designed to enhance Brazil’s lagging competitiveness in (STEM) fields and in innovation" by sending 100,000 Brazilian students abroad by 2015.