LEADER 05693nam 2200697 450 001 9910460337803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4648-0334-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000275260 035 $a(EBL)1913689 035 $a(OCoLC)900344113 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001352650 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11854878 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001352650 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11311887 035 $a(PQKB)11429976 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1913689 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1913689 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10955677 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL658265 035 $a(OCoLC)886881756 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000275260 100 $a20141030h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aDo African children have an equal chance? $ea human opportunity report for sub-Saharan Africa /$fAndrew Dabalen [and five others] 210 1$aWashington, District of Columbia :$cWorld Bank World,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (205 p.) 225 1 $aDirections in Development. Poverty 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-26985-8 311 $a1-4648-0332-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""Front Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Overview""; ""Which Opportunities and Circumstances?""; ""What Is the State of Opportunities for Children in the Late 2000's?""; ""How Have Opportunities Changed over the Decade?""; ""What Explains Changes in Opportunities over Time?""; ""How Do Circumstances Matter for Inequality?""; ""How Do Circumstances Matter: The Tale of Two (Hypothetical) Children""; ""Cross-Country Comparisons of Opportunities""; ""Concluding Remarks""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction"" 327 $a""Opportunities for Children in Africa: Setting the Stage"" ""Motivation for a Human Opportunity Index""; ""Poverty and Inequality in Africa""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2 Measuring Inequality of Opportunities: The Human Opportunity Index""; ""Concepts and Measurement of Inequality of Opportunities""; ""How Opportunities Matter for Economic Growth and Prosperity""; ""Constructing the Human Opportunity Index""; ""Toward an Empirical Analysis for African Countries""; ""Annex 2A""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3 Opportunities for Children in Africa: Recent Evidence"" 327 $a""Human Opportunities in Education"" ""Human Opportunities in Basic Infrastructure Services""; ""Human Opportunities for Health""; ""Access to a Bundle of Basic Goods and Services: The Composite HOI""; ""Inequality of Opportunity within Countries""; ""Conclusion""; ""Annex 3A""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4 Progress toward Opportunities for All""; ""Uneven Progress: The Decade of the 2000's""; ""Assessing Progress: Decomposing Changes in the HOI""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Reference""; ""Chapter 5 Unpacking Inequality: How Do Circumstances Matter for Opportunities?"" 327 $a""Methodology for Decomposing Inequality of Opportunities"" ""Contributions of Circumstances to Inequality: Results from Decompositions""; ""Circumstances and Unequal Chances in Life""; ""Conclusion""; ""Annex 5A""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6 Comparing Opportunities across Countries and Regions""; ""Equality of Opportunities and Economic Development""; ""Comparisons across Countries, Regions, and Continents""; ""Conclusion""; ""Annex 6A""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Appendix A Additional Tables with All Results""; ""References""; ""Boxes"" 327 $a""Box 1.1 Inequality of Opportunities in Africa: Evidence from Economic Literature"" ""Box 2.1Empirical Literature on Equality of Opportunities: An Overview""; ""Box 2.2 Growth and Inequality of Opportunity: Recent Evidence""; ""Box 2.3 A Stylized Example of an HOI""; ""Box 2.4 Estimating the Human Opportunity Index from Household Survey Data""; ""Box 2.5 Demographic and Health Surveys as a Database for Analysis""; ""Box 2.6 The Rights and Welfare of the Child and MDGs""; ""Box 2.7 Ethnic Inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Example of Kenya"" 327 $a""Box 4.1 Improving Opportunities for 6- to 11-Year-Olds: The Story of Uganda"" 330 $aWe have long known that a person's chance of success in life is deeply influenced by early access to education, health services, safe water, and nutritious food. This in turn improves the likelihood that a child can live up to his or her human potential and pursue a rewarding life. As Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) enters its 20th year of unprecedented high economic growth and hopes continue to rise, its citizens increasingly wonder if these more hopeful economic times will translate into a better future for themselves and their families. This book - the first of its kind in SSA - documents... 410 0$aDirections in development (Washington, D.C.).$pPoverty. 606 $aChildren$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xSocial conditions 606 $aChildren$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xEconomic conditions 606 $aChildren$xHealth and hygiene$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChildren$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aChildren$xEconomic conditions. 615 0$aChildren$xHealth and hygiene 676 $a305.230967 702 $aDabalen$b Andrew 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460337803321 996 $aDo African children have an equal chance$92044425 997 $aUNINA