Do Our Children Have a Chance? A Human Opportunity Report for Latin America and the Caribbean

This book reports on the status and evolution of human opportunity in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It builds on the 2008 publication in several directions. First, it uses newly available data to expand the set of opportunities and persona...

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Main Authors:	Molinas Vega, José R., Paes de Barros, Ricardo, Saavedra Chanduvi, Jaime, Giugale, Marcelo, Cord, Louise J., Pessino, Carola, Hasan, Amer
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO GOODS ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION ACCESS TO SCHOOLING ACCESSES ADEQUATE NUTRITION ADOLESCENTS ANTIDISCRIMINATION BASIC EDUCATION BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC NUTRITION BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES BLIND BULLETIN CENSUS DATA CHILD MORTALITY CHILDREN START SCHOOL CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP CIVIL RIGHTS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT PLANS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DIARRHEAL DISEASES DISCRIMINATION DISEASES DISSEMINATION EARLY INTERVENTIONS ECONOMIC INEQUALITY EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL POLICIES ENROLLMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EQUAL TREATMENT EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILY INCOME FAMILY RESOURCES FAMILY STRUCTURE FEMALE FORMAL SCHOOL GENDER GIRLS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTHY LIFE HOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS INCOME INEQUALITY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INEQUALITIES INEQUITIES INFANT INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION KINDERGARTEN LAND OWNERSHIP LAWS LEARNING LEARNING OUTCOMES LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIFE CYCLE LOCAL POPULATION MALNUTRITION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MORTALITY MOTHER NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUTRITION PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POOR FAMILIES POPULATION SIZE PREGNANCY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF LIFE QUALITY OF SERVICES RACE RADIO RATES OF POPULATION READING REASONING RESIDENCE RESPECT SAFE WATER SAFETY SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOLS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICES FOR CHILDREN SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT SOCIAL CONDITIONS SOCIAL GROUP SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL RIGHT SOCIETAL GOAL SOCIETIES SOCIETY STUDENT ASSESSMENT TELEVISION UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION VULNERABLE GROUP VULNERABLE GROUPS WILL WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WORTH YOUNG CHILDREN
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Summary:	This book reports on the status and evolution of human opportunity in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It builds on the 2008 publication in several directions. First, it uses newly available data to expand the set of opportunities and personal circumstances under analysis. The data are representative of about 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 United States and France, two very different models of social policy. This allows for illuminating exercises in benchmarking and extrapolation. 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. The overall message that emerges is one of cautious hope. LAC is making progress in opening the doors of development to all, but it still has a long way to go. At the current pace, it would take, on average, a generation for the region to achieve universal access to just the basic services that make for human opportunity. Seen from the viewpoint of equity, even our most successful nations lag far behind the developed world, and intracounty regional disparities are large and barely converging. Fortunately, there is much policy makers can do about it.

Do Our Children Have a Chance? A Human Opportunity Report for Latin America and the Caribbean

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