Measuring Inequality of
Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean

Measuring Inequality of Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean

Over the past decade, faster growth and smarter social policy have reversed the trend in Latin America's poverty. Too slowly and insufficiently, but undeniably, the percentage of Latinos who are poor has at long last begun to fall. This has sh...

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Main Authors:	Paes de Barros, Ricardo, Ferreira, Francisco H.G., Molinas Vega, Jose R., Saavedra Chanduvi, Jaime
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABSTINENCE ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO FINANCE ADOLESCENTS AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ANTIDISCRIMINATION ASSESSMENT OF INEQUALITY AVERAGE CHANGE AVERAGE GROWTH BASIC EDUCATION BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE CALORIC INTAKE CAPITAL MARKETS CHANGES IN INEQUALITY CITIZENS CLEAN WATER COMPUTER ACCESS CONFLICT CONSUMPTION INEQUALITY DATA SETS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT BANK DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES DISADVANTAGED GROUP DISCRIMINATION DISSEMINATION DISTRIBUTION OF OUTCOMES DISTRIBUTIONS OF INCOME EARNINGS EARNINGS INEQUALITY ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMIC SUCCESS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS EDUCATED MOTHERS EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENROLLMENT EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL DISTRIBUTION EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY EQUITABLE ACCESS ETHNIC MINORITIES ETHNIC MINORITY EXPLAINING INEQUALITY FAMILY RESOURCES FARMER FISCAL POLICY FORMAL EDUCATION GDP GENDER GINI COEFFICIENT GLOBAL CONSENSUS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT POLICY HEALTH OUTCOMES HIGH INCOME INEQUALITY HOME HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX IMMUNIZATION INCOME DIFFERENCES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOMES INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION INEQUALITY OF INCOME INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY INEQUALITY OF TREATMENT INEQUALITY REDUCTION INEQUALITY TRAP INEQUALITY TRAPS INEQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION INEQUITIES INEQUITY INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTIONS INVESTMENT CLIMATE JOB CREATION JUDGE JUSTICE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAND OWNERSHIP LANGUAGE BARRIERS LAWS LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF INEQUALITY LIBERTY LIFE EXPECTANCY LITERACY LIVE BIRTHS LOW INCOME MACROECONOMICS MEAN CONSUMPTION MEAN LOG DEVIATION MEASURE OF INEQUALITY MEASURING INEQUALITY MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MOTHER NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL RESOURCES NUTRITION OUTCOME DATA OVERALL INEQUALITY PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLICY DESIGN POLICY MAKERS POLICY MAKING POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL RIGHT POLITICAL SCIENTISTS POOR POOR CHILDREN POSITIVE CORRELATION POSITIVE VALUE POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY REDUCTION PREGNANCY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY PRIVACY PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PROGRAMS PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RACE REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES REDUCING INEQUALITY REDUCING POVERTY RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RELATIVE INCOME REMITTANCES RESIDUAL COMPONENT RESIDUAL INEQUALITY RIGHT RUNNING WATER RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL DIVIDE SAFE WATER SANITATION SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLING SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICES FOR CHILDREN SEX SIMULATIONS SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLD SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CONDITIONS SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL EQUALITY SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICE SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRESS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS TERTIARY EDUCATION TOTAL INEQUALITY UNEQUAL OPPORTUNITIES UNEQUAL OUTCOMES UNION UNIVERSAL ACCESS URBAN AREAS VILLAGE VULNERABILITY WIDOW WILL YOUNG PEOPLE
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