 |
Details
|  |
| Document Date:
| 2007/09/01 |
| Document Type:
| Policy Note |
| Report Number:
| 43372 |
| Volume No:
| 1 of 1 |
| Country:
| Middle East and North Africa ; |
| Doc Name:
| Youth - An undervalued asset : towards a new agenda in the Middle East and North Africa - progress, challenges and way forward |
| Keywords:
| ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT, access to schooling, adolescence, Adolescent, Adolescent Participation, adolescents, adult literacy, adult literacy rate, adult population, age cohort, age of marriage, AIDS deaths, apprenticeship, average age, average level of education, basic education, basic needs, basic skills, birth rate, birth rates, birth weight, births, brain drain, Capacity Building, care services, child birth, childhood to adulthood, citizens, citizenship, civil conflict, cognitive skills, completion rates, complications, curricula, decision making, dependency ratios, developing countries, disability, disadvantaged children, dissemination, donor support, Dropout rates, dropouts, drug use, drugs, early adulthood, early childbearing, early detection, Early marriage, economic growth, economic integration, economic opportunities, education systems, educational attainment, effective policies, elderly, employment opportunities, enrollment, enrollment data, enrollment rate, enrollment rates, epidemic, FAMILIES, family size, fear of violence, female education, Female Genital Mutilation, female illiteracy, fertility, fertility rates, gangs, gender gap, gender gap in education, gender gaps, Gender norms, gender parity, Gender Parity Index, GER, good governance, gross enrollment, health care, health care services, health risks, HIV, HIV infections, home countries, human capital, Human Development, illiteracy, Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Infections, Intake Rate, intended audiences, interventions, investment in children, knowledge base, labor force, labor market, labor markets, labor supply, lack of information, LEARNING, learning opportunities, Literacy, literacy programs, Literacy rates, local authorities, Low birth weight, male relative, male students, maternal mortality, maternal mortality rates, medical services, migrants, MIGRATION, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, minority, Minority Youth, national initiatives, national youth policies, National Youth Policy, needs of youth, NER, Net Enrollment, nutrition, Out of School Children, out-of-school children, participation rates, personal empowerment, Physical disabilities, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, policy makers, Poor People, Population Cause, population groups, population growth rates, practitioners, pregnancies, primary education, primary school, primary schools, Progress, prostitution, Public awareness, public health, Public Policy, public services, qualitative information, Quality of education, Regional policy, Remittances, respect, return to education, returns to education, risk factors, rural areas, rural youth, safety nets, school leavers, School to Work Transition, school youth, schooling, secondary education, secondary school, secondary school enrollments, sexual activity, skills development, Social Affairs, social change, Social Development, social institutions, social norms, social policy, social sectors, social services, street youth, Student Assessment, Sustainable Development, teacher absenteeism, teachers, teaching, teaching methods, technical assistance, Tertiary Education, textbooks, tobacco, tobacco use, traditional gender roles, traffic accidents, training opportunities, unemployment, university education, urban community, urban population, urban population growth, violence, Vocational Education, vocational guidance, Vocational Training, vulnerable adolescents, wages, workforce, working-age population, World Health Organization, young adult, young adults, young females, young girls, Young males, young men, Young people, young populations, young woman, Young women, YOUTH, YOUTH AGENDA, youth development, youth employment, youth groups, youth participation, YOUTH POLICIES, YOUTH POLICY, Youth Population, youth unemployment, youth violence
 Show More |
| Language:
| English |
| Major Sector:
| Education ; Health and other social services |
| Rel. Proj ID:
| 5M-Regional Youth Sector Work -- P097713 ; |
| Region:
| Middle East and North Africa ; |
| Rep Title:
| Youth - An undervalued asset : towards a new agenda in the Middle East and North Africa - progress, challenges and way forward |
| Sector:
| Health ; Other social services ; General education sector |
| Topics:
| Governance ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Education |
| SubTopics:
| Primary Education ; Health Monitoring & Evaluation ; Youth and Governance ; Adolescent Health ; Population Policies |
| TF No/Name:
| TF055615-TFESSD SOCIAL WINDOW: YOUTH INCLUSION AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE MENA REGIO |
| Unit Owning:
| Human Development Group (MNSHD) |
|
 | |  |
|
Abstract
| |
| Youth are becoming an increasing priority for countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Youth are an asset that if properly nurtured can stimulate the economic and social development of the region. Countries are searching for effective policies to capitalize on this youth asset and an increasing number of governmental and nongovernmental institutions in the region are involved in youth related-work. This report represents an initial attempt to assess the case for making investment in youth a systematic development priority for the region. It summarizes what is known about the challenges facing youth and the opportunities successful youth embody, and begins to consider the contours of promising cross-sectoral, youth-centered, and inclusive policies for the region and the potential role for the World Bank. It is a first step in the process of setting out the issues to encourage dialogue and discussion among policy makers leading to decisions and eventually actions. The report has two intended audiences. The first are policy makers in the region, particularly those in Governments that are responsible for economic and social policy including Ministries of Finance, planning and economy and line ministries responsible for delivery of social services to youth such as the health, education, social affairs and youth ministries. Second, donors and development organizations such as the World Bank can use the report as an input into thinking about how youth issues may fit into projects and to help formulate priorities toward youth in the future. |
| Show More |
|
| | |
| |
|
Downloads
| |
Complete Report
Official version of document (may contain signatures, etc) |
 PDF | 94 pages | Official Version | [2.71 mb] |
 Text | | Text Version* | |
| *The text version is uncorrected OCR text and is included solely to benefit users with slow connectivity. |
|
| | |
|
RSS