Do African Children Have an Equal Chance? : A Human Opportunity Report for Sub-Saharan Africa.
Title:
Do African Children Have an Equal Chance? : A Human Opportunity Report for Sub-Saharan Africa.
Author:
Dabalen, Andrew.
ISBN:
9781464803345
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (210 pages)
Series:
Directions in Development - Human Development
Contents:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Which Opportunities and Circumstances? -- What Is the State of Opportunities for Children in the Late 2000s? -- How Have Opportunities Changed over the Decade? -- What Explains Changes in Opportunities over Time? -- How Do Circumstances Matter for Inequality? -- How Do Circumstances Matter: The Tale of Two (Hypothetical) Children -- Cross-Country Comparisons of Opportunities -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Opportunities for Children in Africa: Setting the Stage -- Motivation for a Human Opportunity Index -- Poverty and Inequality in Africa -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Measuring Inequality of Opportunities: The Human Opportunity Index -- Concepts and Measurement of Inequality of Opportunities -- How Opportunities Matter for Economic Growth and Prosperity -- Constructing the Human Opportunity Index -- Toward an Empirical Analysis for African Countries -- Annex 2A -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Opportunities for Children in Africa: Recent Evidence -- Human Opportunities in Education -- Human Opportunities in Basic Infrastructure Services -- Human Opportunities for Health -- Access to a Bundle of Basic Goods and Services: The "Composite" HOI -- Inequality of Opportunity within Countries -- Conclusion -- Annex 3A -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Progress toward Opportunities for All -- Uneven Progress: The Decade of the 2000s -- Assessing Progress: Decomposing Changes in the HOI -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Reference -- Chapter 5 Unpacking Inequality: How Do Circumstances Matter for Opportunities? -- Methodology for Decomposing Inequality of Opportunities -- Contributions of Circumstances to Inequality: Results from Decompositions.
Circumstances and Unequal "Chances" in Life -- Conclusion -- Annex 5A -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Comparing Opportunities across Countries and Regions -- Equality of Opportunities and Economic Development -- Comparisons across Countries, Regions, and Continents -- Conclusion -- Annex 6A -- Notes -- References -- Appendix A Additional Tables with All Results -- References -- Boxes -- Figures -- Maps -- Tables -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
We have long known that a person's chance of success in life is deeply influenced by early access to education, health services, safe water, and nutritious food. This in turn improves the likelihood that a child can live up to his or her human potential and pursue a rewarding life. As Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) enters its 20th year of unprecedented high economic growth and hopes continue to rise, its citizens increasingly wonder if these more hopeful economic times will translate into a better future for themselves and their families. This book - the first of its kind in SSA - documents and analyses how opportunities have changed over the past decade in 20 countries that are home to at least 7 in 10 African children. It finds that improving children's access to key services appears to be possible even in the poorest countries. And in most cases where progress has been rapid, policy initiatives have made a difference, bringing services to citizens and compensating for the inherent disadvantages they would otherwise have faced. The findings in this book remind us of the significant progress Sub-Saharan African countries have made in the last several decades, as well as the challenges that remain in ending extreme poverty and laying the foundations for shared prosperity.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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