ISBN:
9780821386996
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (174 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Directions in development. Poverty
Parallel Title:
Print version Do Our Children Have a Chance? : A Human Opportunity Report for Latin America and the Caribbean
DDC:
305.23098
Keywords:
ACCESS TO GOODS
;
ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION
;
ACCESS TO SCHOOLING
;
ACCESSES
;
ADEQUATE NUTRITION
;
ADOLESCENTS
;
ANTIDISCRIMINATION
;
BASIC EDUCATION
;
BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
;
BASIC NUTRITION
;
BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES
;
BLIND
;
BULLETIN
;
CENSUS DATA
;
CHILD MORTALITY
;
CHILDREN START SCHOOL
;
CITIZENS
;
CITIZENSHIP
;
CIVIL RIGHTS
;
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
;
DEPENDENCY RATIO
;
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
;
DEVELOPMENT PLANS
;
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
;
DIARRHEAL DISEASES
;
DISCRIMINATION
;
DISEASES
;
DISSEMINATION
;
EARLY INTERVENTIONS
;
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
;
EDUCATION SERVICES
;
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
;
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
;
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
;
EDUCATIONAL POLICIES
;
ENROLLMENT
;
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
;
EQUAL ACCESS
;
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
;
EQUAL TREATMENT
;
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES
;
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
;
ETHNIC GROUP
;
ETHNIC GROUPS
;
FAMILY INCOME
;
FAMILY RESOURCES
;
FAMILY STRUCTURE
;
FEMALE
;
FORMAL SCHOOL
;
GENDER
;
GIRLS
;
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
;
HEALTH CARE
;
HEALTH SERVICES
;
HEALTHY LIFE
;
HOME
;
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
;
HUMAN CAPITAL
;
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
;
HUMAN RIGHTS
;
INCOME INEQUALITY
;
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
;
INEQUALITIES
;
INEQUITIES
;
INFANT
;
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
;
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
;
INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION
;
KINDERGARTEN
;
LAND OWNERSHIP
;
LAWS
;
LEARNING
;
LEARNING OUTCOMES
;
LEGAL STATUS
;
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
;
LIFE CYCLE
;
LOCAL POPULATION
;
MALNUTRITION
;
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
;
MORTALITY
;
MOTHER
;
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
;
NATURAL RESOURCES
;
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
;
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
;
NUTRITION
;
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
;
POLICY ANALYSIS
;
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
;
POLICY MAKERS
;
POOR FAMILIES
;
POPULATION SIZE
;
PREGNANCY
;
PRIMARY EDUCATION
;
PRIMARY SCHOOL
;
PRIMARY SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT
;
PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY
;
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
;
PROGRESS
;
PUBLIC HEALTH
;
PUBLIC POLICIES
;
PUBLIC POLICY
;
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
;
QUALITY EDUCATION
;
QUALITY OF LIFE
;
QUALITY OF SERVICES
;
RACE
;
RADIO
;
RATES OF POPULATION
;
READING
;
REASONING
;
RESIDENCE
;
RESPECT
;
SAFE WATER
;
SAFETY
;
SANITATION
;
SANITATION FACILITIES
;
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
;
SCHOOL SYSTEM
;
SCHOOLS
;
SERVICE PROVISION
;
SERVICES FOR CHILDREN
;
SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT
;
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
;
SOCIAL GROUP
;
SOCIAL JUSTICE
;
SOCIAL POLICIES
;
SOCIAL POLICY
;
SOCIAL RIGHT
;
SOCIETAL GOAL
;
SOCIETIES
;
SOCIETY
;
STUDENT ASSESSMENT
;
TELEVISION
;
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
;
UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION
;
VULNERABLE GROUP
;
VULNERABLE GROUPS
;
WILL
;
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
;
WORTH
;
YOUNG CHILDREN
;
Electronic books
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Abstract:
The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region is making progress in opening the doors of development to all. But it still has a long way to go. At the current pace, it would take, on average, a generation for the region to achieve universal access to the basic services that make for human opportunity. Intra-county regional disparities are large, and barely converging.This book assesses the status and evolution of human opportunity in LAC. It builds on the 2008 publication, "Measuring Inequality of Opportunity," in several directions. First, it uses newly-available data to expand the set of oppo
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; Overview Do Our Children Have a Chance? A Human Opportunity Report for Latin America and the Caribbean; How Does the HOI Work?; Is Human Opportunity Expanding in LAC?; Latin America versus Rich Countries; Country, State, City; What Can Be Done?; Chapter 1 How Far Are We from Ensuring Opportunities for All? The Human Opportunity Index; Key Concepts: Basic Goods and Services, Universality, Equality of Opportunity and Circumstances; Constructing a Measure of Progress toward Basic Opportunities for All
Description / Table of Contents:
Empirical Considerations for Constructing the Human Opportunity IndexAnnex A1.1. A Numerical Example of Computing the HOI; Annex A1.2. Numerical Illustration of the Decomposition of the HOI; Annex A1.3. The Algebra of Decomposing the Human Opportunity Index; Annex A1.4. Indicators; Annex A1.5. Choosing the Aggregation Sequence; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 2 The State of Human Opportunities for Children in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region: 1995-2010; Progress in Improving Human Opportunities in LAC-Although Universality Remains a Generation Away
Description / Table of Contents:
Opportunities for Children to Access Basic Services in the LAC RegionExpanding Human Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean: 1995-2010; Unpacking Changes in the HOI: Scale, Equity, and Evolving Circumstances; The Inequality of Opportunity Profile; Annex; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 3 Human Opportunities in a Global Context: Benchmarking LAC to Other Regions of the World; HOI for Quality Education; The HOI for Housing; Understanding the Long-Run Evolution of the HOI; Conclusion; Annex; Notes; Bibliography
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 4 Human Opportunities at the Subnational Level in Latin America and the CaribbeanThe Subnational Human Opportunity Indices: Some Stylized Facts; Heterogeneity in Subnational HOIs; Equalizing Regional Opportunities; Summary and Conclusions; Annex; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Boxes; 1.1 Computing the Penalty for Inequality of Opportunity; 1.2 The Six Steps of Building the Human Opportunity Index; 3.1 The PISA Data; Figures; 0.1 The 2010 HOI for LAC; 1.1 Percentage of 16-Year-Olds with Access to Safe Water: Equal Opportunity Allocation
Description / Table of Contents:
1.2 Percentage of 16-Year-Olds with Access to Safe Water: Unequal Opportunity Allocation1.3 Penalty for Inequality of Opportunity and the Human Opportunity Index; 2.1 Ranking of the Overall HOI, 2010; 3.1 HOI Access to Sanitation, Public Connection Only; 3.2 HOI Access to Sanitation, Public and Private Connections; 3.3 HOI Freedom from Severe Overcrowding, More than 1.5 People per Room; 3.4 HOI Overcrowding and Sanitation: United States 1960-2005 and France 1968-1999; 4.1 Overall HOI circa 2008 for the Capital City and the Rest of the Country
Description / Table of Contents:
4.2 Overall HOI circa 2008 for the Capital City and the Rest of the Country
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