human development opportunities for Egyptian children and youth. To measure equitable access to opportunities, the authors … last decade most opportunities for children and youth improved unambiguously, for the first two sectors, but were stagnant … partially reduced, there are still substantial opportunity gaps between children in favorable and unfavorable circumstances …

This paper analyzes the level and trends in inequality of opportunity among Egyptian children during the 2000s. The … opportunity; and decomposition of changes in inequality of opportunity and factors driving them over time. Egypt has made … significant progress in the availability of and access to basic services for children and mothers, in some cases with an overall …