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conches

10-3-2008 1:52 PM

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The study also finds that between one fourth (Colombia) and one half (Guatemala) of income inequality among Latin American adults is due to circumstances outside of their control...

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4dfc2f12-b0c9-4eaf-8a63-32a62e2aca3c/52A49501-0ABD-430C-8495-BB3E4A40B9CF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2008/10/measuring-human.html" href="http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2008/10/measuring-human.html" style="font-size: 11px;">psdblog.worldbank.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2008/10/measuring-human.html"><H3 class="entry-header">Measuring human opportunity</H3>
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			<P><A href="http://psdblog.worldbank.org/photos/uncategorized/2008/10/03/hoi.jpg"></A><A href="http://psdblog.worldbank.org/photos/uncategorized/2008/10/03/hoi_2.jpg"><IMG width="200" height="230" border="0" src="http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/images/2008/10/03/hoi_2.jpg" alt="Hoi_2" title="Hoi_2" /></A>The World Bank yesterday released its new <A href="http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/LACEXT/0,,contentMDK:21915630~pagePK:146736~piPK:146830~theSitePK:258554,00.html">Human Opportunity Index report</A>. </P></DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2008/10/measuring-human.html"><BLOCKQUOTE dir="ltr"><P>The study also finds that between one fourth (Colombia) and one half (Guatemala) of income inequality among Latin American adults is due to circumstances outside of their control, faced in the beginning of their lives. Race is a key factor to explain income differentials, especially for the most disadvantaged groups.</P></BLOCKQUOTE><P dir="ltr">As longitudinal data develops over the next few years, it will be interesting to see how inequality of opportunity and attitudes to the private sector relate. My guess? High levels of inequality will be highly correlated with negative attitudes, regardless of the role that the private sector can play in expanding opportunity.  </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/52A49501-0ABD-430C-8495-BB3E4A40B9CF/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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