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Measuring inequality of opportunity in Latin America and the Caribbean / Ricardo Paes de Barros ... [et al.].
Contributor(s): Barros, Ricardo Paes de | World Bank.
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BookSeries: Latin American development forum: Publisher: Washington DC : Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : World Bank ; Palgrave Macmillan ; c2009Description: xxiii, 195 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780821377451 (pbk.); 0821377450 (pbk.); 9780821377475 (hardcover); 0821377477 (hardcover); 9780821377468 (electronic); 0821377469 (electronic).Subject(s): Latin America -- Economic conditions -- 1982- | Caribbean Area -- Economic conditions -- 1945- | Latin America -- Social conditions -- 1982- | Caribbean Area -- Social conditions -- 1945- | Equality -- Latin America | Equality -- Caribbean Area | Children -- Government policy -- Latin America | Children -- Government policy -- Caribbean AreaDDC classification: 330.98
Contents:
Inequality of opportunity : what it is, how it can be measured, and why it matters -- A human opportunity index for children -- Uses and policy applications of the human opportunity index -- Inequality of economic opportunity in seven Latin American countries -- Inequality of opportunity in educational achievement in five Latin American countries.
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Main Library Special collections | WB HC125 .M38 MEA 2009 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | 33729005395491 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Inequality of opportunity : what it is, how it can be measured, and why it matters -- A human opportunity index for children -- Uses and policy applications of the human opportunity index -- Inequality of economic opportunity in seven Latin American countries -- Inequality of opportunity in educational achievement in five Latin American countries.
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