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

Molinas Vega, José R.; Paes de Barros, Ricardo; Saavedra Chanduvi, Jaime; Giugale, Marcelo; Cord, Louise J.; Pessino, Carola; Hasan, Amer

dc.creator	Molinas Vega, José R.
dc.creator	Paes de Barros, Ricardo
dc.creator	Saavedra Chanduvi, Jaime
dc.creator	Giugale, Marcelo
dc.creator	Cord, Louise J.
dc.creator	Pessino, Carola
dc.creator	Hasan, Amer
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:05:06Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:05:06Z
dc.date	2012
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:35:26Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:35:26Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20111117235653
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-8699-6
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2374
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242750
dc.description	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.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.relation	Directions in development ; poverty
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESS TO GOODS
dc.subject	ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION
dc.subject	ACCESS TO SCHOOLING
dc.subject	ACCESSES
dc.subject	ADEQUATE NUTRITION
dc.subject	ADOLESCENTS
dc.subject	ANTIDISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	BASIC EDUCATION
dc.subject	BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	BASIC NUTRITION
dc.subject	BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject	BLIND
dc.subject	BULLETIN
dc.subject	CENSUS DATA
dc.subject	CHILD MORTALITY
dc.subject	CHILDREN START SCHOOL
dc.subject	CITIZENS
dc.subject	CITIZENSHIP
dc.subject	CIVIL RIGHTS
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
dc.subject	DEPENDENCY RATIO
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT PLANS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
dc.subject	DIARRHEAL DISEASES
dc.subject	DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	DISEASES
dc.subject	DISSEMINATION
dc.subject	EARLY INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
dc.subject	EDUCATION SERVICES
dc.subject	EDUCATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL POLICIES
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject	EQUAL ACCESS
dc.subject	EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
dc.subject	EQUAL TREATMENT
dc.subject	EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
dc.subject	ETHNIC GROUP
dc.subject	ETHNIC GROUPS
dc.subject	FAMILY INCOME
dc.subject	FAMILY RESOURCES
dc.subject	FAMILY STRUCTURE
dc.subject	FEMALE
dc.subject	FORMAL SCHOOL
dc.subject	GENDER
dc.subject	GIRLS
dc.subject	GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	HEALTHY LIFE
dc.subject	HOME
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject	INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
dc.subject	INEQUALITIES
dc.subject	INEQUITIES
dc.subject	INFANT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subject	INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION
dc.subject	KINDERGARTEN
dc.subject	LAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subject	LAWS
dc.subject	LEARNING
dc.subject	LEARNING OUTCOMES
dc.subject	LEGAL STATUS
dc.subject	LEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	LIFE CYCLE
dc.subject	LOCAL POPULATION
dc.subject	MALNUTRITION
dc.subject	MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	MOTHER
dc.subject	NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	NUMBER OF CHILDREN
dc.subject	NUMBER OF PEOPLE
dc.subject	NUTRITION
dc.subject	PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	POLICY ANALYSIS
dc.subject	POLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	POOR FAMILIES
dc.subject	POPULATION SIZE
dc.subject	PREGNANCY
dc.subject	PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subject	PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY
dc.subject	PRIVATE SCHOOLS
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject	PUBLIC POLICIES
dc.subject	PUBLIC POLICY
dc.subject	PUBLIC SCHOOLS
dc.subject	QUALITY EDUCATION
dc.subject	QUALITY OF LIFE
dc.subject	QUALITY OF SERVICES
dc.subject	RACE
dc.subject	RADIO
dc.subject	RATES OF POPULATION
dc.subject	READING
dc.subject	REASONING
dc.subject	RESIDENCE
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	SAFE WATER
dc.subject	SAFETY
dc.subject	SANITATION
dc.subject	SANITATION FACILITIES
dc.subject	SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subject	SCHOOL SYSTEM
dc.subject	SCHOOLS
dc.subject	SERVICE PROVISION
dc.subject	SERVICES FOR CHILDREN
dc.subject	SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL CONDITIONS
dc.subject	SOCIAL GROUP
dc.subject	SOCIAL JUSTICE
dc.subject	SOCIAL POLICIES
dc.subject	SOCIAL POLICY
dc.subject	SOCIAL RIGHT
dc.subject	SOCIETAL GOAL
dc.subject	SOCIETIES
dc.subject	SOCIETY
dc.subject	STUDENT ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	TELEVISION
dc.subject	UNIVERSAL ACCESS
dc.subject	UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	VULNERABLE GROUP
dc.subject	VULNERABLE GROUPS
dc.subject	WILL
dc.subject	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	WORTH
dc.subject	YOUNG CHILDREN
dc.title	Do Our Children Have a Chance? A Human Opportunity Report for Latin America and the Caribbean
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.coverage	Latin America & Caribbean