For the last 20 years, the Innocenti Report Card series has led the way in comparing children's well-being across rich countries. Report Card 16 develops this further through a multi-level approach to show that children's well-being is influenced by children's own actions and relationships, by the networks and resources of their caregivers, and by public policies and the national context. This approach is aligned with the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, in that it recognises the responsibilities of governments, families and communities to help realize children's rights and promote their well-being

This publications examines what kind of family and parenting support works, under what conditions and for whom in order to promote child well-being in different national contexts. Case studies are included from Belarus, Chile, China, Croatia, England, Jamaica, The Philippines, South Africa, and Sweden.

This report focuses on educational inequalities in 41 of the world's richest countries, all of which are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and/or the European Union (EU). Using the most recent data available, it examines inequalities across childhood - from access to preschool to expectations of post-secondary education - and explores in depth the relationships between educational inequality and factors such as parents' occupations, migration background, the child's gender and school characteristics. The key feature of the report is the league table, which summarizes the extent of educational inequalities at preschool, primary school and secondary school levels..