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Tweet[IWS] World Bank: DO AFRICAN CHILDREN HAVE AN EQUAL CHANCE?: A HUMAN OPPORTUNITY REPORT FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA [October 2014]
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World Bank
DO AFRICAN CHILDREN HAVE AN EQUAL CHANCE?: A HUMAN OPPORTUNITY REPORT FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA [October 2014]
by Andrew Dabalen, Ambar Narayan, Jaime Saavedra-Chanduvi, and Alejandro Hoyos Suarez, with Ana Abras and Sailesh Tiwari
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/20458
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[full-text, 205 pages]
This study explores the changing opportunities for children in Africa. While the definition
of opportunities can be subjective and depend on the societal context, this report focuses on efforts to build
future human capital, directly (through education and health investments) and indirectly (through complementary
infrastructure such as safe water, adequate sanitation, electricity, and so on). It follows the practice of earlier
studies conducted for the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region (Barros et al. 2009, 2012) where
opportunities are basic goods and services that constitute investments in children. Although several opportunities are
relevant at different stages of an individual s life, our focus on children s access to education, health services,
safe water, and adequate nutrition is due to the well-known fact that an individual s chance of success in life is
deeply influenced by access to these goods and services early in life. Children s access to these basic services
improves the likelihood of a child being able to maximize his/her human potential and pursue a life of dignity.
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