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050		4	_aHN656.5.A85 _bL54 2010
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245	0	0	_aLife chances in Turkey : _bexpanding opportunities for the next generation / _cJesko Hentschel [and others].
264		1	_aWashington, D.C. : _bWorld Bank, _c2010.
264		4	_a©2010
300			_a1 online resource (xiv, 91 pages) : _billustrations.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aDirections in development. Human development
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: life chances -- Equity aspirations -- The state of equality of opportunities in Turkey -- Child development and child risks -- Expanding opportunities for the next generation: early childhood development policies and programs -- Reflections.
520			_aChildren in Turkey have vastly different odds of success. Their paths are affected by factors over which they have no control, such as how wealthy or educated their parents--and even grandparents--are. By investing in its children and youth, Turkey can create a virtuous cycle whereby these children and youth contribute more to their country's economic growth and social development, helping to realize its ambitious goals.
520			_aWritten to contribute to the public policy debate, Life Chances in Turkey: Expanding Opportunities for the Next Generation notes that girls are at a particular disadvantage. Compared with a boy born to well-off, highly educated parents in one of the urban centers of the country's west, a girl born in a remote eastern village to poor parents with primary school degrees 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. She has a one-in-five chance of completing high school, whereas the boy will likely attend college.
520			_aWith child development trajectories thus diverging early in life, pro-equity policies should focus on reaching the most disadvantaged children early, ideally before birth. Turkey, with the active involvement of nongovernmental organizations, has piloted a number of highly successful programs to reach and support disadvantaged children. But it can do more: only 6 percent of the country's total public social spending reaches children below the age of six. About four times more is spent on a middle-aged or elderly person than on a child.
520			_aLife Chances finds that if today's under-40 Turkish adults had all benefited from one year of preschool education when they were 6 years old, family incomes could be up to 8 percent higher, one-tenth of poor families would not live in poverty today, and about 9 percent more women--in other words, millions--could be working or looking actively for a job. --Book Jacket.
588	0		_aPrint version record.
650		0	_aSocial indicators _zTurkey _919555
650		0	_aChildren _zTurkey _xSocial conditions _y21st century _982590
651		0	_aTurkey _xEconomic conditions _y21st century _945361
700	1		_aHentschel, Jesko, _d1962- _eauthor _9120143
710	2		_aWorld Bank _919811
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