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

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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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