Turkey : Expanding Opportunities for the Next Generation

This report is a part of larger welfare and social policy work agenda which the Turkish State Planning Organization and the World Bank are carrying out collaboratively. The work agenda includes the preparation of a number of conceptualized, and in part of co-authored, analytical studies on topics ranging from examines the equity determinants to investigating the links between poverty, employment creation, and growth. Further, the work agenda comprises a number of human development dialogues for which we are inviting international experts and practioners to share their experiences about social policy reforms with the Turkish government and the wider academic and non-governmental public. This report examines life chances. Life chances for today Turkish people, most importantly future generation, today's children. The results presented in this report show that life chances differ in important dimensions today, and that Turkey could immensely improve its human and economic development potential by maximizing such opportunities.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2009-02
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION, ADEQUATE NUTRITION, ADULT EDUCATION, ADULT POPULATION, AGE GROUPS, AGED, ANTENATAL CARE, BABY, BIRTH CERTIFICATE, BRAIN DEVELOPMENT, CARE CENTERS, CARE DURING PREGNANCY, CARE OPTIONS, CAREGIVERS, CHILD CARE, CHILD CARE SERVICES, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CHILD EDUCATION, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD PROTECTION, CHILD SERVICES, CHILDCARE, CHILDRENS HEALTH, CHRONIC MALNUTRITION, CITIZENS, CLASSROOM, COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT, COMPLETION RATES, DAY CARE, DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, DISCRIMINATION, DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS, EARLY EDUCATION, EARTHQUAKE, ECD, ECD POLICIES, ECD PROGRAMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, EDUCATED MOTHERS, EDUCATION SERVICES, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EFFECTIVE POLICIES, EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EMOTIONAL SKILLS, EMPLOYMENT CREATION, ENROLLMENT, ENROLLMENT RATES, ENROLMENT RATES, EQUAL ACCESS, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, EXTENDED FAMILY, FAMILIES, FAMILY HEALTH, FAMILY MEMBERS, FAMILY SUPPORT, FEMALE LABOR FORCE, FERTILITY, FORMAL EDUCATION, GAP BETWEEN GIRLS, GENDER, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GIRLS, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROWTH MONITORING, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEIGHT FOR AGE, HOLISTIC APPROACH, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HYGIENE, IMMUNIZATION, IMMUNIZATIONS, INADEQUATE FOOD INTAKE, INEQUITIES, INFANTS, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS, INTERVENTIONS, IODINE, IODINE DEFICIENCY, IRON, IRON DEFICIENCIES, KINDERGARTEN, KINDERGARTENS, LANGUAGE STIMULATION, LEARNING, LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT, LEARNING MATERIALS, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIFELONG LEARNING, LIVE BIRTHS, LIVING STANDARDS, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, MARKET ECONOMY, MARRIED WOMEN, MATERNAL NUTRITION, MEDICAL FACILITY, MEDICAL TREATMENT, MENTAL HEALTH, MIGRATION, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATE, MORTALITY RATES, MOTHER, MOTHER TONGUE, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL POLICY, NET ENROLLMENT, NON-FORMAL EDUCATION, NUTRITION, NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS, OLD AGE, OLD CHILDREN, ORPHANS, PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT, PARENTING, PARTICIPATION RATES, PHYSICAL HEALTH, POOR CHILDREN, POOR FAMILIES, POOR GIRLS, POPULATION GROUPS, PRACTITIONERS, PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION, PREGNANCIES, PREGNANCY, PREGNANT WOMEN, PRESCHOOL EDUCATION, PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS, PRESCHOOLS, PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOLING, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRESS, PUBLIC AWARENESS, PUBLIC DEBATE, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICES, QUALITY PRIMARY EDUCATION, QUALITY SCHOOLS, READING, RESPECT, RETURNS TO EDUCATION, RISK FACTORS, RURAL AREAS, SAFETY NETS, SANITATION, SCHOOL AGE, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOL ENROLMENT, SCHOOL READINESS, SCHOOLING, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT, SERVICE DELIVERY, SIBLINGS, SKILLED STAFF, SOCIAL BEHAVIOR, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL EXPENDITURES, SOCIAL INDICATORS, SOCIAL MOBILITY, SOCIAL POLICIES, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIETAL LEVEL, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, STATE PLANNING, STUDENT ASSESSMENT, STUNTING, TEACHER SALARIES, TEENAGERS, TELEVISION, TRAINING PROGRAMS, UNDER FIVE MORTALITY, UNIVERSAL ACCESS, URBAN AREAS, URBAN WOMEN, USER FEES, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, WOMAN, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, YOUNG AGE, YOUNG CHILD, YOUNG CHILDREN, YOUNG GIRLS, YOUNG WOMEN, LIFE CHANCES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/890711468337851749/Turkey-Expanding-opportunities-for-the-next-generation-a-report-on-life-chances http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27839
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