Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Latin American Development Forum Series -- Other Titles in the Latin American Development Forum Series -- About the Authors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Introduction -- The Human Opportunity Index -- Methodology for Building the Human Opportunity Index -- Human Opportunity Index Results for 19 Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Analyzing Changes in the Human Opportunity Index -- Expanding Policy Uses of the Human Opportunity Index -- The Relationship between Inequality of Opportunity and Inequality in Outcomes -- Estimating the Share of Unequal Opportunity in Unequal Outcomes -- Inequality of Economic Opportunity -- Inequality of Opportunity in Educational Achievement -- Final Remarks -- References -- CHAPTER 1 Inequality of Opportunity: What It Is, How It Can Be Measured, and Why It Matters -- Introduction -- Which Kind of Inequality Matters? -- The Concept of Inequality of Opportunity -- Conceptual Underpinnings -- Developing a Conceptual Framework -- From Concepts to Operationalizing Equality of Opportunity -- The Human Opportunity Index -- Measuring Inequality of Opportunity -- The Complementarity of the Empirical Approaches -- Why Should We Be Concerned with Inequality of Opportunity? -- What Does Measuring Inequality of Opportunity Mean for Policy? -- Notes -- References -- CHAPTER 2 A Human Opportunity Index for Children -- Introduction -- Defining Basic Opportunities for Children -- Coverage of Basic Opportunities -- Measuring Inequality of Basic Opportunities for Children -- Building the D-Index -- National Estimates of Inequality of Opportunity among Children -- Links between Inequality of Opportunity and Coverage -- The Human Opportunity Index -- Combining Coverage Rates and Distribution in a Single Indicator -- Empirical Results from 19 LAC Countries.

Summary Indexes -- Summary and Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- CHAPTER 3 Uses and Policy Applications of the Human Opportunity Index -- Introduction -- Estimating the Main Source of Inequality of Opportunity among Children -- Profile of Children's Inequality of Educational Opportunity -- Profile of Inequality of Opportunity for Housing Conditions among Children -- Explaining Changes in the Human Opportunity Index over Time -- Children's Educational Opportunity -- Children's Opportunities in Housing Conditions -- Different Performances within and across Countries -- Considering Additional Basic Opportunities -- The Human Opportunity Index and Economic Performance -- Policy Experiences -- Education in Brazil -- Access to Water in Paraguay -- Electricity in Brazil, Chile, and Honduras -- Chile Grows Up with You: An Integrated Social Protection System for Children from Conception to Pre-Kindergarten -- Key Features of Chile Crece Contigo -- Further Policy Considerations -- Future Developments for the Human Opportunity Index -- Summary -- Notes -- References -- CHAPTER 4 Inequality of Economic Opportunity in Seven Latin American Countries -- Introduction -- Measuring Inequality of Economic Opportunity -- Methodology -- Caveats -- Uses for Policy -- The Data -- Inequality of Opportunity for Earnings -- Inequality of Opportunity for Household Income and Consumption -- The Opportunity Profile: Identifying the Most-Disadvantaged Groups -- Summary -- Notes -- References -- CHAPTER 5 Inequality of Opportunity in Educational Achievement in Five Latin American Countries -- Introduction -- Measuring Inequality of Educational Opportunity -- Methodology -- Caveats -- The Data -- Inequality of Opportunity in Educational Achievement -- Comparing Inequality of Opportunity in Latin American and OECD Countries -- An Opportunity Profile for Education -- Summary.

Notes -- References -- Appendix -- Index -- Back Cover.