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Do our children have a chance? [[electronic resource] ] : the human opportunity report for Latin America and the Caribbean / / José R. Molinas Vega ... [et al.]
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
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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]
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
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Do our children have a chance? : : the human opportunity report for Latin America and the Caribbean / / Jose R. Molinas Vega ... [and others]
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
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The promise of early childhood development in Latin America and the Caribbean [[electronic resource] /] / Emiliana Vegas and Lucrecia Santibáñez ; with Bénédicte Leroy de la Brière ... [et al.]
The promise of early childhood development in Latin America and the Caribbean [[electronic resource] /] / Emiliana Vegas and Lucrecia Santibáñez ; with Bénédicte Leroy de la Brière ... [et al.]
Autore Vegas Emiliana
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (222 p.)
Disciplina 305.23109729
Altri autori (Persone) SantibáñezLucrecia
Collana Latin American development forum series
Soggetto topico Children - Latin America - Social conditions
Children - Caribbean Area - Social conditions
Child development - Latin America
Child development - Caribbean Area
Child welfare - Latin America
Child welfare - Caribbean Area
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-282-45077-8
9786612450778
0-8213-8164-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto About the Authors; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. An Analytical Framework for Early Childhood Development; Figure 1.1 Early Childhood Development: Analytical Framework; Table 1.1 Most Commonly Used Psychometric Tests in ECD Evaluations; 2. Overview of Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Today; Figure 2.1 Percentage of Children Less Than Five Years Old Who Are Poor, by Region, 2004; Figure 2.2 Poverty Rates Measured by GDP per Capita, 2007
Figure 2.3 Percentage of the Nonpoor Population Aged 25 Years That Has Completed Secondary School, by Country and GDP per Capita, 2005-06Figure 2.4 Percentage of the Poor Population Aged 25 Years That Has Completed Secondary School, by Country and GDP per Capita, 2005-06; Figure 2.5 Percentage of Employed Women in the Informal Sector, by Country and GDP per Capita; Table 2.1 Comparative Nutrition Indicators for Developing Regions, 2005 (Percent); Figure 2.6 Prevalence of Underweight Children Aged 0 to 5 Years, by Country and GDP per Capita, 2002
Figure 2.7 Distribution of Stunted Children Aged 0 to 5 Years, by Country and GDP per Capita, 2002Table 2.2 Infant and Child Mortality Rates by Country (per Thousand Live Births), 1960-2007; Figure 2.8 Infant Mortality Rates (Deaths per 1,000 Live Births) by Country and GDP per Capita, 2005; Figure 2.9 Percentage of Children Aged 0 to 6 Years Living in Poor Housing Conditions; Figure 2.10 Variance in Student Learning Outcomes Explained by Family Circumstances, 2000 PISA
Figure 2.11 Percentage of Children under Six Years in the Region with Access to Health Insurance, by Country and GDP Per CapitaFigure 2.12 Gross Enrollment in Preprimary Education Worldwide, 1999-2004; Figure 2.13 Gross Preprimary Education Enrollment by Country and GDP per Capita, 2004; Figure 2.14 Expected Years of Preprimary Education by Country, 2004; Table 2.3 Summary of Contextual and ECD Features in Latin America and the Caribbean, by Country (2005, 2006 or Latest Available Year); 3. Evidence on Early Childhood Interventions from around the World
Figure 3.1 Diverse Multisectoral Policies That Can Affect ECDBox 3.1 Interpreting Existing Studies of ECD Interventions; 4. Early Childhood Development Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean; Figure 4.1 Preprimary Education Expenditure as Share of Total Educational Expenditure, 2004 (Percent); Figure 4.2 Public Expenditure on Preprimary Education as a Share of GNP, 2004 (Percent); Figure 4.3 Public Investment in ECD as a Percentage of GDP in OECD Countries, 2007; Box 4.1 Curriculum of an Early Stimulation Program in Jamaica
Figure 4.4 Baseline Measurements for Roving Caregivers Program in St. Lucia
Record Nr. UNINA-9910458197203321
Vegas Emiliana  
Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2010
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The promise of early childhood development in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Emiliana Vegas and Lucrecia Santibanez ; with Benedicte Leroy de la Briere ... [and others]
The promise of early childhood development in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Emiliana Vegas and Lucrecia Santibanez ; with Benedicte Leroy de la Briere ... [and others]
Autore Vegas Emiliana
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2010]
Descrizione fisica xxix, 188 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm
Disciplina 305.23109729
Altri autori (Persone) SantibáñezLucrecia
Collana Latin American development forum series
Soggetto topico Children - Latin America - Social conditions
Children - Caribbean Area - Social conditions
Child development - Latin America
Child development - Caribbean Area
Child welfare - Latin America
Child welfare - Caribbean Area
ISBN 1-282-45077-8
9786612450778
0-8213-8164-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto About the Authors; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. An Analytical Framework for Early Childhood Development; Figure 1.1 Early Childhood Development: Analytical Framework; Table 1.1 Most Commonly Used Psychometric Tests in ECD Evaluations; 2. Overview of Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Today; Figure 2.1 Percentage of Children Less Than Five Years Old Who Are Poor, by Region, 2004; Figure 2.2 Poverty Rates Measured by GDP per Capita, 2007
Figure 2.3 Percentage of the Nonpoor Population Aged 25 Years That Has Completed Secondary School, by Country and GDP per Capita, 2005-06Figure 2.4 Percentage of the Poor Population Aged 25 Years That Has Completed Secondary School, by Country and GDP per Capita, 2005-06; Figure 2.5 Percentage of Employed Women in the Informal Sector, by Country and GDP per Capita; Table 2.1 Comparative Nutrition Indicators for Developing Regions, 2005 (Percent); Figure 2.6 Prevalence of Underweight Children Aged 0 to 5 Years, by Country and GDP per Capita, 2002
Figure 2.7 Distribution of Stunted Children Aged 0 to 5 Years, by Country and GDP per Capita, 2002Table 2.2 Infant and Child Mortality Rates by Country (per Thousand Live Births), 1960-2007; Figure 2.8 Infant Mortality Rates (Deaths per 1,000 Live Births) by Country and GDP per Capita, 2005; Figure 2.9 Percentage of Children Aged 0 to 6 Years Living in Poor Housing Conditions; Figure 2.10 Variance in Student Learning Outcomes Explained by Family Circumstances, 2000 PISA
Figure 2.11 Percentage of Children under Six Years in the Region with Access to Health Insurance, by Country and GDP Per CapitaFigure 2.12 Gross Enrollment in Preprimary Education Worldwide, 1999-2004; Figure 2.13 Gross Preprimary Education Enrollment by Country and GDP per Capita, 2004; Figure 2.14 Expected Years of Preprimary Education by Country, 2004; Table 2.3 Summary of Contextual and ECD Features in Latin America and the Caribbean, by Country (2005, 2006 or Latest Available Year); 3. Evidence on Early Childhood Interventions from around the World
Figure 3.1 Diverse Multisectoral Policies That Can Affect ECDBox 3.1 Interpreting Existing Studies of ECD Interventions; 4. Early Childhood Development Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean; Figure 4.1 Preprimary Education Expenditure as Share of Total Educational Expenditure, 2004 (Percent); Figure 4.2 Public Expenditure on Preprimary Education as a Share of GNP, 2004 (Percent); Figure 4.3 Public Investment in ECD as a Percentage of GDP in OECD Countries, 2007; Box 4.1 Curriculum of an Early Stimulation Program in Jamaica
Figure 4.4 Baseline Measurements for Roving Caregivers Program in St. Lucia
Record Nr. UNINA-9910791133403321
Vegas Emiliana  
Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2010]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The promise of early childhood development in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Emiliana Vegas and Lucrecia Santibanez ; with Benedicte Leroy de la Briere ... [and others]
The promise of early childhood development in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Emiliana Vegas and Lucrecia Santibanez ; with Benedicte Leroy de la Briere ... [and others]
Autore Vegas Emiliana
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2010]
Descrizione fisica xxix, 188 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm
Disciplina 305.23109729
Altri autori (Persone) SantibáñezLucrecia
Collana Latin American development forum series
Soggetto topico Children - Latin America - Social conditions
Children - Caribbean Area - Social conditions
Child development - Latin America
Child development - Caribbean Area
Child welfare - Latin America
Child welfare - Caribbean Area
ISBN 1-282-45077-8
9786612450778
0-8213-8164-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto About the Authors; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. An Analytical Framework for Early Childhood Development; Figure 1.1 Early Childhood Development: Analytical Framework; Table 1.1 Most Commonly Used Psychometric Tests in ECD Evaluations; 2. Overview of Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Today; Figure 2.1 Percentage of Children Less Than Five Years Old Who Are Poor, by Region, 2004; Figure 2.2 Poverty Rates Measured by GDP per Capita, 2007
Figure 2.3 Percentage of the Nonpoor Population Aged 25 Years That Has Completed Secondary School, by Country and GDP per Capita, 2005-06Figure 2.4 Percentage of the Poor Population Aged 25 Years That Has Completed Secondary School, by Country and GDP per Capita, 2005-06; Figure 2.5 Percentage of Employed Women in the Informal Sector, by Country and GDP per Capita; Table 2.1 Comparative Nutrition Indicators for Developing Regions, 2005 (Percent); Figure 2.6 Prevalence of Underweight Children Aged 0 to 5 Years, by Country and GDP per Capita, 2002
Figure 2.7 Distribution of Stunted Children Aged 0 to 5 Years, by Country and GDP per Capita, 2002Table 2.2 Infant and Child Mortality Rates by Country (per Thousand Live Births), 1960-2007; Figure 2.8 Infant Mortality Rates (Deaths per 1,000 Live Births) by Country and GDP per Capita, 2005; Figure 2.9 Percentage of Children Aged 0 to 6 Years Living in Poor Housing Conditions; Figure 2.10 Variance in Student Learning Outcomes Explained by Family Circumstances, 2000 PISA
Figure 2.11 Percentage of Children under Six Years in the Region with Access to Health Insurance, by Country and GDP Per CapitaFigure 2.12 Gross Enrollment in Preprimary Education Worldwide, 1999-2004; Figure 2.13 Gross Preprimary Education Enrollment by Country and GDP per Capita, 2004; Figure 2.14 Expected Years of Preprimary Education by Country, 2004; Table 2.3 Summary of Contextual and ECD Features in Latin America and the Caribbean, by Country (2005, 2006 or Latest Available Year); 3. Evidence on Early Childhood Interventions from around the World
Figure 3.1 Diverse Multisectoral Policies That Can Affect ECDBox 3.1 Interpreting Existing Studies of ECD Interventions; 4. Early Childhood Development Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean; Figure 4.1 Preprimary Education Expenditure as Share of Total Educational Expenditure, 2004 (Percent); Figure 4.2 Public Expenditure on Preprimary Education as a Share of GNP, 2004 (Percent); Figure 4.3 Public Investment in ECD as a Percentage of GDP in OECD Countries, 2007; Box 4.1 Curriculum of an Early Stimulation Program in Jamaica
Figure 4.4 Baseline Measurements for Roving Caregivers Program in St. Lucia
Record Nr. UNINA-9910828949903321
Vegas Emiliana  
Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2010]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui