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

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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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