Measuring inequality of opportunity in Latin America and the Caribbean / 
Ricardo Paes de Barros ... [et al.]. 
 - Washington DC :  Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;  New York :  World Bank ;  Palgrave Macmillan ;  c2009. 
 - xxiii, 195 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
 - Latin American development forum series .
 - Latin American development forum. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780821377451 (pbk.) 0821377450 (pbk.) 9780821377475 (hardcover) 0821377477 (hardcover) 9780821377468 (electronic) 0821377469 (electronic) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008037311 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Equality--Latin America.<br/>Equality--Caribbean Area.<br/>Children--Government policy--Latin America.<br/>Children--Government policy--Caribbean Area.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Latin America--Economic conditions--1982-<br/>Caribbean Area--Economic conditions--1945-<br/>Latin America--Social conditions--1982-<br/>Caribbean Area--Social conditions--1945-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>WB HC125  / .M38 MEA 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330.98