Measuring inequality of opportunity in Latin America and the Caribbean [electronic resource] / Ricardo Paes de Barros ... [et al.].
Contributor(s): Barros, Ricardo Paes de | World Bank
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TextSeries: Latin American development forum: ; World Bank e-Library: Publisher: Washington DC : Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : World Bank ; Palgrave Macmillan ; c2009Description: xxiii, 195 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 0821377450 (pbk.); 0821377469 (electronic); 0821377477 (hardcover); 9780821377451 (pbk.); 9780821377468 (electronic); 9780821377475 (hardcover)Subject(s): Children -- Government policy -- Caribbean Area | Children -- Government policy -- Latin America | Equality -- Caribbean Area | Equality -- Latin America | Caribbean Area -- Economic conditions -- 1945- | Caribbean Area -- Social conditions -- 1945- | Latin America -- Economic conditions -- 1982- | Latin America -- Social conditions -- 1982-Additional physical formats: Print Version:DDC classification: 330.98 LOC classification: HC125 | .M38 2009Online resources: home Includes bibliographical references and index.
Inequality of opportunity : what it is, how it can be measured, and why it matters -- A human opportunity index for children -- Uses and policy applications of the human opportunity index -- Inequality of economic opportunity in seven Latin American countries -- Inequality of opportunity in educational achievement in five Latin American countries.
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