Uruguay - Equality of Opportunity : Achievements and Challenges

World Bank

dc.creator	World Bank
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:26:26Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:26:26Z
dc.date	2010-10-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:45:11Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:45:11Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20110509000250
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2985
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243336
dc.description	The report is organized around the main achievements and challenges Uruguay faces from the perspective of expanding opportunities for children in the XXI century, a perspective that is consistent with the country's stated social welfare goals and upper middle-income status. Chapter two presents the main achievements and challenges faced at the national level in access to opportunities for key goods and services: education, health, housing and infrastructure, and information and communications technology. It also presents results over time using limited comparable data. Chapter three explores the geographic distribution of the Human Opportunity Index (HOI) in depth as well as the distribution of gains and losses over time. Both chapters measure opportunities to access a basic set of goods and services and an expanded set more consistent with Uruguay's relative development, whenever data allows. This report also offers some policy applications of the equality of opportunity framework as well as policy considerations to support an opportunity-enhancing environment. Chapter four provides an assessment of how recent education, social, and technological programs may fare from the perspective of expanding opportunities to children. Chapter five concludes.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESS TO COMPUTERS
dc.subject	ACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subject	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	ACCESS TO INFORMATION
dc.subject	ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	ADULT POPULATION
dc.subject	ADULTS
dc.subject	AGE GROUPS
dc.subject	AGED
dc.subject	ATTENDANCE OF CHILDREN
dc.subject	ATTENDANCE RATE
dc.subject	ATTENDANCE RATES
dc.subject	BABIES
dc.subject	BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	BASIC SANITATION
dc.subject	BASIC SERVICES
dc.subject	BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject	CHILDREN WITH ACCESS
dc.subject	COMPULSORY EDUCATION
dc.subject	DRINKING WATER
dc.subject	DROPOUT
dc.subject	DROPOUT RATES
dc.subject	EARLY CHILDHOOD
dc.subject	EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	EDUCATION POLICY
dc.subject	EDUCATION SYSTEM
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
dc.subject	ELDERLY
dc.subject	EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
dc.subject	EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
dc.subject	FAMILY INCOME
dc.subject	FORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	FULL POTENTIAL
dc.subject	FUTURE GENERATIONS
dc.subject	GENDER
dc.subject	GRADE RETENTION
dc.subject	GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subject	GROSS NATIONAL INCOME
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HEALTH INDICATORS
dc.subject	HEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subject	HEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subject	HEALTH REFORM
dc.subject	HEALTH SECTOR
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	HEALTH SYSTEM
dc.subject	HIGH SCHOOL
dc.subject	HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION
dc.subject	HIGHER GRADES
dc.subject	HIGHER REPETITION
dc.subject	HOSPITAL
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ILLNESSES
dc.subject	IMMUNIZATION
dc.subject	INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INFANT
dc.subject	INFANT MORTALITY
dc.subject	INFANT MORTALITY RATE
dc.subject	INFANT MORTALITY RATES
dc.subject	INFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LEARNING
dc.subject	LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject	LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
dc.subject	LITERACY
dc.subject	LITERACY RATES
dc.subject	LIVE BIRTHS
dc.subject	MEASLES
dc.subject	MEDICAL CARE
dc.subject	MIDDLE SCHOOL
dc.subject	MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	MORTALITY RATE
dc.subject	NATIONAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	NATIONAL GOALS
dc.subject	NATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject	NUMBER OF CHILDREN
dc.subject	OLD AGE
dc.subject	OLDER CHILDREN
dc.subject	PARENTAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	POLITICAL PARTIES
dc.subject	PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	PRIMARY LEVEL
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL SYSTEM
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOLING
dc.subject	PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject	PUBLIC SCHOOLS
dc.subject	QUALITY OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	QUALITY SERVICES
dc.subject	REPEATERS
dc.subject	REPETITION RATES
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL POPULATION
dc.subject	SANITATION
dc.subject	SANITATION FACILITIES
dc.subject	SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subject	SCHOOL CHILDREN
dc.subject	SCHOOL DROPOUT
dc.subject	SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	SECOND LANGUAGE
dc.subject	SECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	SECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	SECONDARY SCHOOLING
dc.subject	SERVICES FOR CHILDREN
dc.subject	SIBLINGS
dc.subject	SIGHTS
dc.subject	SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL POLICY
dc.subject	SOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject	SOCIAL WELFARE
dc.subject	SOCIETIES
dc.subject	SOCIETY
dc.subject	STUDENT ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	STUDENT ATTENDANCE
dc.subject	TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject	UNIVERSAL ACCESS
dc.subject	UNIVERSAL COVERAGE
dc.subject	UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	VOCATIONAL TRAINING
dc.subject	VULNERABLE GROUPS
dc.subject	YOUNG WORKERS
dc.subject	YOUTH
dc.title	Uruguay - Equality of Opportunity : Achievements and Challenges
dc.type	Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study
dc.coverage	Latin America & Caribbean
dc.coverage	South America
dc.coverage	America
dc.coverage	Uruguay