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

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 e...

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Main Author:	Newman, John
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ADEQUATE PRENATAL CARE AGED BASIC EDUCATION BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BIRTH ATTENDANT BIRTH ATTENDANTS CITIZENS COMPLETION RATES DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALE EDUCATION GENDER GENDER EQUALITY HEALTH CARE HEALTH INDICATORS HOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN POTENTIAL IMMUNIZATION INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERVENTION JUDGE LABOR FORCE LIVING STANDARDS MATERNAL HEALTH MIGRATION MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MOTHER NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL LEVEL NUMBER OF CHILDREN NURSE NUTRITION POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION STUDIES POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANCY PRIMARY COMPLETION PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY PRIVATE SCHOOLING PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROGRESS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF EDUCATION RESPECT RURAL AREAS SANITATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SERVICE QUALITY SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTS SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SECTORS TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT UNIVERSAL ACCESS WILL
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spelling	okr-10986-178832021-04-23T14:03:40Z Human Opportunity Index - National : Equality of Children's Opportunities in Pakistan Newman, John ACCESS TO EDUCATION ADEQUATE PRENATAL CARE AGED BASIC EDUCATION BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BIRTH ATTENDANT BIRTH ATTENDANTS CITIZENS COMPLETION RATES DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALE EDUCATION GENDER GENDER EQUALITY HEALTH CARE HEALTH INDICATORS HOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN POTENTIAL IMMUNIZATION INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERVENTION JUDGE LABOR FORCE LIVING STANDARDS MATERNAL HEALTH MIGRATION MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MOTHER NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL LEVEL NUMBER OF CHILDREN NURSE NUTRITION POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION STUDIES POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANCY PRIMARY COMPLETION PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY PRIVATE SCHOOLING PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROGRESS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF EDUCATION RESPECT RURAL AREAS SANITATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SERVICE QUALITY SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTS SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SECTORS TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT UNIVERSAL ACCESS WILL 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. 2014-04-17T15:20:17Z 2014-04-17T15:20:17Z 2012-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/19305732/human-opportunity-index-hoi-national-equality-childrens-opportunities-pakistanbr http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17883 English en_US World Bank Policy Paper Series on Pakistan;no. PK 8/12 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper South Asia Pakistan
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topic	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ADEQUATE PRENATAL CARE AGED BASIC EDUCATION BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BIRTH ATTENDANT BIRTH ATTENDANTS CITIZENS COMPLETION RATES DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALE EDUCATION GENDER GENDER EQUALITY HEALTH CARE HEALTH INDICATORS HOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN POTENTIAL IMMUNIZATION INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERVENTION JUDGE LABOR FORCE LIVING STANDARDS MATERNAL HEALTH MIGRATION MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MOTHER NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL LEVEL NUMBER OF CHILDREN NURSE NUTRITION POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION STUDIES POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANCY PRIMARY COMPLETION PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY PRIVATE SCHOOLING PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROGRESS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF EDUCATION RESPECT RURAL AREAS SANITATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SERVICE QUALITY SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTS SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SECTORS TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT UNIVERSAL ACCESS WILL
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ADEQUATE PRENATAL CARE AGED BASIC EDUCATION BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BIRTH ATTENDANT BIRTH ATTENDANTS CITIZENS COMPLETION RATES DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY FAMILIES FEMALE FEMALE EDUCATION GENDER GENDER EQUALITY HEALTH CARE HEALTH INDICATORS HOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN POTENTIAL IMMUNIZATION INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERVENTION JUDGE LABOR FORCE LIVING STANDARDS MATERNAL HEALTH MIGRATION MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MOTHER NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL LEVEL NUMBER OF CHILDREN NURSE NUTRITION POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION STUDIES POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANCY PRIMARY COMPLETION PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY PRIVATE SCHOOLING PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROGRESS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF EDUCATION RESPECT RURAL AREAS SANITATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SERVICE QUALITY SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTS SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SECTORS TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT UNIVERSAL ACCESS WILL Newman, John Human Opportunity Index - National : Equality of Children's Opportunities in Pakistan
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relation	World Bank Policy Paper Series on Pakistan;no. PK 8/12
description	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.
format	Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author	Newman, John
author_facet	Newman, John
author_sort	Newman, John
title	Human Opportunity Index - National : Equality of Children's Opportunities in Pakistan
title_short	Human Opportunity Index - National : Equality of Children's Opportunities in Pakistan
title_full	Human Opportunity Index - National : Equality of Children's Opportunities in Pakistan
title_fullStr	Human Opportunity Index - National : Equality of Children's Opportunities in Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed	Human Opportunity Index - National : Equality of Children's Opportunities in Pakistan
title_sort	human opportunity index - national : equality of children's opportunities in pakistan
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/19305732/human-opportunity-index-hoi-national-equality-childrens-opportunities-pakistanbr http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17883
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