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Arab Republic of Egypt - Inequality of Opportunity in Access to Basic Services among Egyptian Children

dc.contributor.author World Bank
dc.date.accessioned 2013-02-06T21:58:50Z
dc.date.available 2013-02-06T21:58:50Z
dc.date.issued 2012-06
dc.description.abstract Egypt's children and youth, representing more than one-third of the country´s population and its future, face several significant challenges, as shown by higher child poverty rates and unequal access to basic services. The objective of this report is three-fold: (i) to analyze the extent of inequality of opportunity among Egyptian children; (ii) to inform government policy on how success in life is influenced by factors predetermined at birth; and (iii) to identify policies and interventions that may contribute to improving equality of opportunity. The underlying premise is that ensuring equality of opportunity entails leveling the playing field in such a way that every child, regardless of the circumstances of his/her birth, will have an equal chance to succeed in life. This report analyzes the extent of provision of equal access to basic opportunities to all children (including healthcare, education, clean water and sanitation), and identifies the main circumstances that affect it and therefore determine human development outcomes. The analysis in this report builds on the concepts and ideas developed in the World Development Report (WDR). The findings are aimed at supporting debates and discussions, within and outside the Government of Egypt, on the need to ensure equality of opportunity, to contribute to the development of policies and institutions for children and youth, and to provide an improved sense of hope and social justice for the future and help build a more equitable society in the post-Mubarak era. The report is structured as follows: section one presents the background and motivation for the study; section two deals with early risk factors and associated health and education outcomes for children; and section three presents the estimates of inequality of opportunity among children. Details about the data sources and various analyses presented are included in the annexes. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16964831/arab-republic-egypt-inequality-opportunity-access-basic-services-among-egyptian-children
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12260
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Washington, DC
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subject ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
dc.subject ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE
dc.subject ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME
dc.subject ACUTE MALNUTRITION
dc.subject ADEQUATE NUTRITION
dc.subject AGED
dc.subject ANEMIA
dc.subject ANTENATAL CARE
dc.subject ARI
dc.subject BASIC EDUCATION
dc.subject BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject BIRTH ATTENDANTS
dc.subject BIRTHS
dc.subject CHILD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject CHILD HEALTH
dc.subject CHILD MALNUTRITION
dc.subject CHILD MORTALITY
dc.subject CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
dc.subject COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject COMPLICATIONS
dc.subject COMPULSORY PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject CYCLE OF POVERTY
dc.subject DELIVERY CARE
dc.subject DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES
dc.subject DIABETES
dc.subject DIARRHEA
dc.subject DIARRHEAL DISEASES
dc.subject DIPHTHERIA
dc.subject DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
dc.subject DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
dc.subject DRINKING WATER
dc.subject DROPOUT
dc.subject DROPOUT RATES
dc.subject EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject EARLY CHILDHOOD
dc.subject EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject EARLY EDUCATION
dc.subject EARLY INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject EDUCATION SECTOR
dc.subject EDUCATION VARIABLES
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
dc.subject EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject ENROLLMENT
dc.subject ENROLLMENT BY AGE
dc.subject ENROLLMENT RATE
dc.subject ENROLLMENT RATES
dc.subject ENROLMENT GAP
dc.subject ENROLMENT RATES
dc.subject EQUAL ACCESS
dc.subject EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
dc.subject EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
dc.subject EQUITABLE ACCESS
dc.subject EXTENDED FAMILY
dc.subject FAMILIES
dc.subject FEMALE CIRCUMCISION
dc.subject FERTILITY
dc.subject FORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subject FORMAL SCHOOLING
dc.subject GENDER EQUALITY
dc.subject GENDER EQUALITY IN EDUCATION
dc.subject GENDER GAP
dc.subject GENDER GAPS
dc.subject GIRL CHILD
dc.subject GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subject HEALTH CARE
dc.subject HEALTH CARE DURING PREGNANCY
dc.subject HEALTH FACILITIES
dc.subject HEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subject HEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subject HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject HEIGHT FOR AGE
dc.subject HEIGHT ­ FOR ­ AGE
dc.subject HEPATITIS C
dc.subject HIV
dc.subject HIV/AIDS
dc.subject HORMONES
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD ASSETS
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
dc.subject HYGIENE
dc.subject HYPERTENSION
dc.subject HYPOTHYROIDISM
dc.subject ILLNESS
dc.subject IMMUNIZATION
dc.subject IMMUNIZATIONS
dc.subject IMMUNODEFICIENCY
dc.subject INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject INDEXES
dc.subject INEQUITIES
dc.subject INFANT
dc.subject INFANT DEATH
dc.subject INFANT HEALTH
dc.subject INFANTS
dc.subject INFECTION
dc.subject INFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subject INFLUENZA
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION
dc.subject IODINE
dc.subject IODINE DEFICIENCY
dc.subject IRON
dc.subject IRON SUPPLEMENTS
dc.subject LABOR MARKET
dc.subject LEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject LITERACY
dc.subject LOW ENROLMENT RATES
dc.subject MAJORITY OF CHILDREN
dc.subject MARRIED WOMEN
dc.subject MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
dc.subject MATERNAL HEALTH
dc.subject MEASLES
dc.subject MEDICAL TREATMENT
dc.subject MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subject MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
dc.subject MINISTRY OF HEALTH
dc.subject MORTALITY
dc.subject MORTALITY RATE
dc.subject MOTHER
dc.subject NATIONAL COUNCIL
dc.subject NEWBORN
dc.subject NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject NUMERACY
dc.subject NUTRITION
dc.subject NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES
dc.subject NUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subject OBESITY
dc.subject OLD CHILDREN
dc.subject OLDER AGE GROUPS
dc.subject PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject PHYSICAL GROWTH
dc.subject POLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subject POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject POLIO
dc.subject POLITICAL PARTIES
dc.subject POOR CHILDREN
dc.subject POOR HEALTH
dc.subject POOR NUTRITION
dc.subject POPULATION CENSUS
dc.subject POPULATION GROWTH RATES
dc.subject POPULATION SIZE
dc.subject POSTNATAL CARE
dc.subject PREGNANCIES
dc.subject PREGNANCY
dc.subject PREGNANT WOMEN
dc.subject PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
dc.subject PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject PROGRESS
dc.subject PUBLIC EDUCATION
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject PURCHASING POWER
dc.subject PURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subject QUALITY CONTROL
dc.subject QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
dc.subject RAPID POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject RATIO OF GIRLS TO BOYS IN PRIMARY
dc.subject READING
dc.subject RESPECT
dc.subject RISK FACTORS
dc.subject RISK OF DEATH
dc.subject RISK OF EXPOSURE
dc.subject RISK OF ILLNESS
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject RURAL GIRLS
dc.subject SAME SEX
dc.subject SANITATION
dc.subject SCHOOL AGE
dc.subject SCHOOL ENROLMENT
dc.subject SCHOOLING
dc.subject SCREENING
dc.subject SECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subject SECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subject SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENTS
dc.subject SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL
dc.subject SERVICES FOR CHILDREN
dc.subject SIBLINGS
dc.subject SKILLED PERSONNEL
dc.subject SKILLED STAFF
dc.subject SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject SOCIAL EXCLUSION
dc.subject SOCIAL JUSTICE
dc.subject SOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subject SOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject SOCIAL UNREST
dc.subject STAGES OF LIFE
dc.subject STUNTING
dc.subject TETANUS
dc.subject TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject UNIVERSAL ACCESS
dc.subject URBAN AREAS
dc.subject USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES
dc.subject VACCINES
dc.subject VICIOUS CYCLE
dc.subject VITAMIN A
dc.subject VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION
dc.subject WASTING
dc.subject WOMAN
dc.subject WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.subject YOUNG ADULTS
dc.subject YOUNG CHILDREN
dc.subject YOUTH
dc.title Arab Republic of Egypt - Inequality of Opportunity in Access to Basic Services among Egyptian Children en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2012-11-15
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16964831/arab-republic-egypt-inequality-opportunity-access-basic-services-among-egyptian-children
okr.globalpractice Education
okr.globalpractice Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000333038_20121116011808
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 16964831
okr.identifier.report 70301
okr.language.supported en
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okr.region.administrative Middle East and North Africa
okr.region.country Egypt, Arab Republic of
okr.sector Health and other social services :: Health
okr.sector Public Administration, Law, and Justice :: Public administration- Education
okr.sector Public Administration, Law, and Justice :: Public administration- Other social services
okr.sector Education :: General education sector
okr.sector Public Administration, Law, and Justice :: General public administration sector
okr.theme Social protection and risk management :: Social risk mitigation
okr.theme Social protection and risk management :: Vulnerability assessment and monitoring
okr.theme Human development :: Child health
okr.theme Human development :: Education for all
okr.theme Social protection and risk management :: Poverty strategy, analysis and monitoring
okr.topic Early Child and Children's Health
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population :: Population Policies
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population :: Adolescent Health
okr.topic Health Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topic Education :: Primary Education
okr.unit Social Protection (MNSSP)
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