Newman, John2014-04-172014-04-172012-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17883This paper complements the World Bank's recent report on poverty by providing some additional information on inequality. In contrast to reports that analyze measures of inequality of income or wealth (such as the Gini), this paper focuses on equality of opportunities of children, where opportunities refer to access to basic services and goods (access to education, health conditions and basic infrastructure) that improve the likelihood of children to maximize their human potential. It introduces a new metric to Pakistan, the Human Opportunities Index (HOI), that combines the overall coverage rate of the opportunity with a penalty for the share of access to opportunities that are distributed in an unequal fashion. The Human Opportunity Index was developed recently at the World Bank and has been estimated now for over 20 countries in Latin America and Africa.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONADEQUATE PRENATAL CAREAGEDBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC INFRASTRUCTUREBIRTH ATTENDANTBIRTH ATTENDANTSCITIZENSCOMPLETION RATESDEMAND FOR EDUCATIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT POLICYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC STATUSEDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIESENROLLMENT OF CHILDRENENROLLMENT RATEENROLLMENT RATESENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHEQUAL OPPORTUNITIESEQUAL OPPORTUNITYEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIESEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITYFAMILIESFEMALEFEMALE EDUCATIONGENDERGENDER EQUALITYHEALTH CAREHEALTH INDICATORSHOMEHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN POTENTIALIMMUNIZATIONINEQUALITIESINEQUALITYINTERNATIONAL COMPARISONSINTERVENTIONJUDGELABOR FORCELIVING STANDARDSMATERNAL HEALTHMIGRATIONMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMOTHERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTNATIONAL LEVELNUMBER OF CHILDRENNURSENUTRITIONPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOPULATION STUDIESPOSTNATAL CAREPREGNANCYPRIMARY COMPLETIONPRIMARY COMPLETION RATESPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY ENROLLMENTPRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATESPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTSPRINCIPLE OF EQUALITYPRIVATE SCHOOLINGPRIVATE SCHOOLSPROGRESSPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC SERVICESQUALITY OF EDUCATIONRESPECTRURAL AREASSANITATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTSSERVICE QUALITYSKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTSSOCIAL ACTIONSOCIAL SCIENCESOCIAL SECTORSTRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTUNIVERSAL ACCESSWILL10.1596/17883