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9780821377451

Measuring Inequality of Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean

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  • ISBN13:

    9780821377451

  • ISBN10:

    0821377450

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-11-12
  • Publisher: World Bank Publications

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Summary

This title introduces new methods, such as an innovative Human Opportunity Index, for measuring inequality of opportunities and makes an assessment of its evolution in Latin America and the Caribbean over a decade.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Abbreviations
Overviewp. 1
Inequality of Opportunity: What It Is, How It Can Be Measured, and Why It Mattersp. 23
A Human Opportunity Index for Childrenp. 55
Uses and Policy Applications of the Human Opportunity Indexp. 85
Inequality of Economic Opportunity in Seven Latin American Countriesp. 125
Inequality of Opportunity in Educational Achievement in Five Latin American Countriesp. 151
Appendixp. 171
Indexp. 181
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