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Life Chances in Turkey : Expanding Opportunities for the Next Generation

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dc.contributor.authorAran, Meltem
dc.contributor.authorHentschel, Jesko
dc.contributor.authorCan, Raif
dc.contributor.authorGignoux, Jeremie
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Francisco H.G.
dc.contributor.authorUraz, Arzu
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T09:35:08Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T09:35:08Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractLife chances explore the state of equality of opportunities in Turkey. It builds on the concepts and ideas presented in the World Development Report 2006: equity and development. The authors assess how today's distribution of wealth and the success of children in learning to read and write are shaped by the past, by factors predetermined at birth, factors over which today's children and families have no control: one's gender, parents' and grandparents' education, region and area of birth, or mother tongue. Some of the findings are stark, especially as they pertain to how the opportunities today's children have affect the future of the country: a girl born in a remote village to a poor family and parents with primary education degrees will very likely struggle in almost every area of her development. Compared with a boy born to well-off, highly educated parents in one of the urban centers in the country's west, that girl is four times as likely to suffer from low birth weight, one-third as likely to be immunized, and ten times as likely to have her growth stunted as a result of malnutrition. Similarly she has a one-in-five chance of completing high school, whereas the boy will likely finish school and move on to college. Life chances shows how investing in early childhood education has huge payoffs, for disadvantaged children as well as social and economic development at large. This book goes beyond tradeoffs between efficiency and equity. It shows that a focus on equity, equality of opportunities, can also lead to enhanced efficiency, once the productive capabilities of all citizens are nurtured to their fullest extent regardless of the luck of the draw at birth.en
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dc.identifier.doi10.1596/978-0-8213-8400-8
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-8213-8400-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/2505
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDirections in Development ; human development
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectACCESS TO FOOD
dc.subjectACCESS TO INFORMATION
dc.subjectACCESS TO PRESCHOOL
dc.subjectACCESS TO PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
dc.subjectACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION
dc.subjectADULT POPULATION
dc.subjectAGE GROUPS
dc.subjectANTENATAL CARE
dc.subjectBABY
dc.subjectBIRTH CERTIFICATE
dc.subjectCARE DURING PREGNANCY
dc.subjectCARE OPTIONS
dc.subjectCHILD CARE
dc.subjectCHILD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCHILD EDUCATION
dc.subjectCHILD MORTALITY
dc.subjectCHILD MORTALITY RATES
dc.subjectCHILD PROTECTION
dc.subjectCHILD-CARE
dc.subjectCHRONIC MALNUTRITION
dc.subjectCITIZENS
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCOMPLETION RATES
dc.subjectDAY CARE
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
dc.subjectDISADVANTAGED GROUPS
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectDISSEMINATION
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
dc.subjectDROPOUT
dc.subjectEARLY CHILDHOOD
dc.subjectEARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectEARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
dc.subjectEARTHQUAKE
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
dc.subjectEDUCATED MOTHERS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectEFFECTIVE POLICIES
dc.subjectENROLLMENT
dc.subjectENROLLMENT FOR CHILDREN
dc.subjectENROLLMENT RATE
dc.subjectENROLLMENT RATES
dc.subjectEQUAL ACCESS
dc.subjectEQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
dc.subjectEXTENDED FAMILY
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subjectFAMILY SUPPORT
dc.subjectFEMALE LABOR FORCE
dc.subjectFERTILITY
dc.subjectFORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectGAP BETWEEN GIRLS
dc.subjectGENDER DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subjectGROSS ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectHEALTH SYSTEM
dc.subjectHEIGHT FOR AGE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHYGIENE
dc.subjectIMMUNIZATION
dc.subjectIMMUNIZATIONS
dc.subjectINADEQUATE FOOD INTAKE
dc.subjectINEQUITIES
dc.subjectINFANTS
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectINTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectIODINE
dc.subjectIODINE DEFICIENCY
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLEARNING
dc.subjectLEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subjectLEARNING MATERIALS
dc.subjectLEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectLEARNING OUTCOMES
dc.subjectLEGAL STATUS
dc.subjectLIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subjectLIFELONG LEARNING
dc.subjectLIVE BIRTHS
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLOW BIRTH WEIGHT
dc.subjectMALE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectMARKET ECONOMY
dc.subjectMARRIED WOMEN
dc.subjectMATERNAL NUTRITION
dc.subjectMEDICAL FACILITY
dc.subjectMEDICAL TREATMENT
dc.subjectMENTAL HEALTH
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMINISTRY OF HEALTH
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectMORTALITY RATE
dc.subjectMOTHER
dc.subjectMOTHER TONGUE
dc.subjectNATIONAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectNET ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectOLD CHILDREN
dc.subjectOLD-AGE
dc.subjectPARENTING
dc.subjectPARTICIPATION RATES
dc.subjectPHYSICAL HEALTH
dc.subjectPOLICY FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectPOOR CHILDREN
dc.subjectPOOR GIRLS
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROUPS
dc.subjectPOPULATION STUDIES
dc.subjectPREGNANCIES
dc.subjectPREGNANCY
dc.subjectPRESCHOOL EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOLING
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICE
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectQUALITY OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectQUALITY PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectQUALITY SCHOOLS
dc.subjectREADING
dc.subjectRESPECT
dc.subjectRETURNS TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectRISK FACTORS
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectSAFETY NETS
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSCHOOL AGE
dc.subjectSCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subjectSCHOOLING
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectSIBLINGS
dc.subjectSKILLED STAFF
dc.subjectSOCIAL BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectSOCIAL CONDITIONS
dc.subjectSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSOCIAL EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectSOCIAL INDICATORS
dc.subjectSOCIAL MOBILITY
dc.subjectSOCIAL POLICIES
dc.subjectSOCIAL POLICY
dc.subjectSOCIAL SCIENCES
dc.subjectSOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subjectSOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectSOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subjectSTATE PLANNING
dc.subjectSTUDENT ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectSTUNTING
dc.subjectTEENAGERS
dc.subjectTELEVISION
dc.subjectUNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectUNIVERSAL ACCESS
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN CENTERS
dc.subjectWOMAN
dc.subjectYOUNG ADULTS
dc.subjectYOUNG AGE
dc.subjectYOUNG CHILDREN
dc.subjectYOUNG GIRLS
dc.subjectYOUNG PEOPLE
dc.titleLife Chances in Turkey : Expanding Opportunities for the Next Generationen
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okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.region.administrativeEurope and Central Asia
okr.region.countryTürkiye
okr.region.geographicalMiddle East
okr.region.geographicalEurope
okr.region.geographicalEastern Europe
okr.region.geographicalAsia
okr.topicEarly Child and Children's Health
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies
okr.topicGovernance::Youth and Governance
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicEducation::Primary Education
okr.unitHuman Development Econ. (ECSH4)
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