World Bank data on electricity coverage rates, a metric for childhood access used in calculating the Human Opportunities Index (HOI). The dataset is produced by the LAC Equity Lab and focuses on access inequality measurement.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in electricity coverage rates over time for the Human Opportunities Index.
- Correlate electricity access with other poverty and circumstance indicators from the LAC Equity Lab.
- Benchmark national or regional electricity coverage rates against the HOI framework.
Strengths
- Data originates from the authoritative World Bank and LAC Equity Lab.
- Focuses on a specific, policy-relevant metric within the Human Opportunities Index framework.
Limitations
- Specific row count, column names, and temporal coverage are unknown.
- The coverage rate metric does not account for inequality of access between different circumstance groups, as stated in the description.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank, LAC Equity Lab
- Collection Method
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- Time Range
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- Freshness
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- Geography
- Likely Latin America and the Caribbean, based on the producing organization.