Human Opportunity Index - Provinces : Equality of Children's Opportunities in Pakistan

Newman, John

Human Opportunity Index - Provinces : Equality of Children's Opportunities in Pakistan

2012

Newman, John

This paper complements the World Bank's recent report on poverty by providing some additional information on inequality. In contrast to reports that analyze measures of inequality of income or wealth (such as the Gini), this paper focuses on equality of opportunities of children, where opportunities refer to access to basic services and goods (access to education, health conditions and basic infrastructure) that improve the likelihood of children to maximize their human potential. It introduces a new metric to Pakistan, the Human Opportunities Index (HOI), that combines the overall coverage rate of the opportunity with a penalty for the share of access to opportunities that are distributed in an unequal fashion. The Human Opportunity Index was developed recently at the World Bank and has been estimated now for over 20 countries in Latin America and Africa.

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accountability accounting aged basic education basic services cultural practices developing countries economic growth families gender gender equality health care household surveys immunization kids living standards migration nutrition penalties pregnancy primary education public expenditure public services rural areas sanitation secondary education workers

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World Bank, Washington, DC

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National level; Social action; Citizens; Health workers; Service quality; Policy research; Primary school enrollment; Number of children; Female education; Completion rates; Progress; Demand for education; Penalty; Enrollment of children; Human potential; Immunizations; Nurse; Equality of opportunity; Primary school; Labor force; Primary completion; Universal access; Skilled birth attendants; Postnatal care; Exercises; Antenatal care; Principle of equality; Gender discrimination; Enrollment rate; Confidence; Development policy; Cluster surveys; Access to education; Birth attendant; Quality of education; Traditional birth attendant; Social sectors; Birth attendants; Policy discussions; Public funds; Educational outcomes; Household size; Health indicators; Respect; Mother; Equal opportunities; Policy makers; Primary school completion; Policy research working paper; Ministry of education; Basic infrastructure; Social science; Private schools; Health system; Adequate prenatal care; National government; Nurses; Population studies; Private schooling; Secondary school; Traditional birth attendants; Primary completion rates; Economic status

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World Bank Policy Paper Series on Pakistan;no. PK 9/12http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/CC BY 3.0 IGO

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World Bank Policy Paper Series on Pakistan;no. PK 9/12

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2012

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