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Title Do our children have a chance? : the human opportunity report for Latin America and the Caribbean / José R. Molinas Vega [and others]
Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 154 pages) : illustrations
Series Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Poverty
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Poverty.
Contents Overview. Do Our Children Have a Chance? A Human Opportunity Report for Latin America and the Caribbean -- Chapter 1. How Far Are We from Ensuring Opportunities for All? The Human Opportunity Index -- Chapter 2. The State of Human Opportunities for Children in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region: 1995-2010 -- Chapter 3 Human Opportunities in a Global Context: Benchmarking LAC to Other Regions of the World -- Chapter 4. Human Opportunities at the Subnational Level in Latin America and the Caribbean
Summary "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 opportunities and personal circumstances under analysis. The data is representative of some 200 million children living in 19 countries over the last 15 years. Second, it compares human opportunity in LAC with that of developed countries, among them the U.S. and France, two very different models of social policy. This allows for illuminating exercises in benchmarking and extrapolation. And third, it looks at human opportunity within countries--across regions, states and cities. This gives us a preliminary glimpse at the geographic dimension of equity, and at the role that different federal structures play"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Children -- Latin America -- Social conditions
Children -- Latin America -- Economic conditions
Children -- Caribbean Area -- Social conditions
Children -- Caribbean Area -- Economic conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Children's Studies.
Children -- Economic conditions
Children -- Social conditions
Caribbean Area
Latin America
Form Electronic book
Author Molinas, Jose R., 1966-
ISBN 9780821389027
0821389025