Do our children have a chance? [[electronic resource] ] : the human opportunity report for Latin America and the Caribbean / / José R. Molinas Vega ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.23098 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MolinasJose R. <1966-> |
Collana | Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Poverty |
Soggetto topico |
Children - Latin America - Social conditions
Children - Latin America - Economic conditions Children - Caribbean Area - Social conditions Children - Caribbean Area - Economic conditions |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-37509-5
9786613375094 0-8213-8902-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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
Empirical Considerations for Constructing the Human Opportunity Index Annex 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 Opportunities for Children to Access Basic Services in the LAC Region Expanding 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 Chapter 4 Human Opportunities at the Subnational Level in Latin America and the Caribbean The 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 1.2 Percentage of 16-Year-Olds with Access to Safe Water: Unequal Opportunity Allocation 1.3 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 4.2 Overall HOI circa 2008 for the Capital City and the Rest of the Country |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461016703321 |
Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Do our children have a chance? : : the human opportunity report for Latin America and the Caribbean / / Jose R. Molinas Vega ... [and others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | xv, 154 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm |
Disciplina | 305.23098 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MolinasJose R. <1966-> |
Collana | Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Poverty |
Soggetto topico |
Children - Latin America - Social conditions
Children - Latin America - Economic conditions Children - Caribbean Area - Social conditions Children - Caribbean Area - Economic conditions |
ISBN |
1-283-37509-5
9786613375094 0-8213-8902-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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
Empirical Considerations for Constructing the Human Opportunity Index Annex 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 Opportunities for Children to Access Basic Services in the LAC Region Expanding 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 Chapter 4 Human Opportunities at the Subnational Level in Latin America and the Caribbean The 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 1.2 Percentage of 16-Year-Olds with Access to Safe Water: Unequal Opportunity Allocation 1.3 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 4.2 Overall HOI circa 2008 for the Capital City and the Rest of the Country |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789710203321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Do our children have a chance? : : the human opportunity report for Latin America and the Caribbean / / Jose R. Molinas Vega ... [and others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | xv, 154 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm |
Disciplina | 305.23098 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MolinasJose R. <1966-> |
Collana | Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Poverty |
Soggetto topico |
Children - Latin America - Social conditions
Children - Latin America - Economic conditions Children - Caribbean Area - Social conditions Children - Caribbean Area - Economic conditions |
ISBN |
1-283-37509-5
9786613375094 0-8213-8902-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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
Empirical Considerations for Constructing the Human Opportunity Index Annex 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 Opportunities for Children to Access Basic Services in the LAC Region Expanding 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 Chapter 4 Human Opportunities at the Subnational Level in Latin America and the Caribbean The 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 1.2 Percentage of 16-Year-Olds with Access to Safe Water: Unequal Opportunity Allocation 1.3 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 4.2 Overall HOI circa 2008 for the Capital City and the Rest of the Country |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810583203321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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