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Measuring Inequality of Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Product Details
Author:
Palgrave Macmillan UK, Ricardo Paes de Barros, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Jose R Molinas Vega, Jaime Saavedra Chanduvi
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
220
Publisher:
The World Bank (November 12, 2008)
Language:
English
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13:
9780821377451
ISBN-10:
0821377450
Dimensions:
6" x 9"
File:
Eloquence-IPG_03192026_P9854863_onix30_Complete-20260319.xml
Folder:
Eloquence
List Price:
$30.00
Series:
Latin American Development Forum
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$28.50
Publisher Identifier:
P-IPG
Discount Code:
H
Pub Discount:
32
Imprint:
World Bank Publications
Weight:
16oz
Overview
Equality of opportunity is about leveling the playing field so that circumstances such as gender, ethnicity, place of birth, or family background do not influence a person’s life chances. Success in life should depend on people’s choices, effort and talents, not to their circumstances at birth. 'Measuring Inequality of Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean' introduces new methods for measuring inequality of opportunities and makes an assessment of its evolution in Latin America over a decade.
An innovative Human Opportunity Index and other parametric and non-parametric techniques are presented for quantifying inequality based on circumstances exogenous to individual efforts. These methods are applied to gauge inequality of opportunities in access to basic services for children, learning achievement for youth, and income and consumption for adults.
