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| Country:
| Latin America ; Caribbean ; |
| Disclosure Date:
| 2008/07/28 |
| Doc Name:
| Youth at risk in Latin America and the Caribbean : understanding the causes, realizing the potential |
| Keywords:
| Abstinence, access to contraception, adolescence, Adolescent, Adolescent Fertility, adolescent girls, adolescent mothers, Adolescents, adulthood, age ranges, Alcohol, alcohol use, Average Score, birth rates, birth registration, child development, child development programs, childbearing, childbearing age, churches, citizens, citizenship, cognitive development, cognitive skills, community centers, completion rates, condom, Condoms, contraception, Cost Estimates, Costs of School Attendance, decision making, demographic transition, Demographic trends, disabilities, diseases, dissemination, domestic abuse, Dropout, dropout rates, dropouts, drug abuse, drug users, Drugs, Early child development, Early Childhood, Early Childhood Development, early sexual initiation, economic growth, education programs, educational attainment, Effective Policies, Employment Services, enrollment, Families, fertility rate, Fertility Rates, fewer children, Financial Costs, First Birth, first child, first sexual experience, future generations, gangs, gender issues, Girls, government agencies, gross domestic product, health centers, healthy lifestyle, High-Risk, HIV, HIV infection, household income, Household Poverty, household work, human capital, Human Development, illegal drugs, illicit drugs, income inequality, infections, Initiate Sexual Activity, international community, Interventions, Investing, job training, labor force, Labor Market, labor markets, legal status, Level of Education, life skills, lifelong learning, machismo, maternity leave, Mental health, Millennium Development Goals, minority, mobile clinics, mother, national government, national governments, national levels, national policies, National Research Council, nongovernmental organizations, Number of Children, nutrition, Old Girls, older adolescents, peer influence, Peer pressure, personal decisions, personal development, physical assault, policy discussions, policy implications, policy makers, poor adolescents, poor families, poor households, popular support, population structure, practitioners, pregnancies, pregnancy rates, Primary School, Primary School-Age Children, progress, psychological barriers, public policy, purchasing power, purchasing power parity, Responsibilities, Risk Factors, Risky Behavior, Risky Behaviors, Risky Sex, Risky Sexual Behavior, role in society, rural areas, rural residence, School Attendance, school leavers, school quality, school staff, school year, School-Age Children, Schooling, Schools, schoolage, scientific evidence, Secondary School, segments of society, self-esteem, self-reliance, set of recommendations, Sex, Sex education, sexual abuse, Sexual Activity, sexual experience, sexual initiation, sexual practices, Sexually Active, Sexually Active Young People, skills training, Smoking, social acceptance, social development, Social Marketing, Social Marketing of Condoms, social skills, Socioeconomic Status, special needs, Student Assessment, Substance Abuse, Substance Use, teachers, technical skills, Teen, teen pregnancy, Teenage Girls, teenage pregnancy, Teenagers, Tobacco, tobacco consumption, Tobacco Use, tolerance, training programs, uneducated women, Unemployment, Unemployment Rates, unplanned pregnancies, unplanned pregnancy, unprotected sex, unsafe sex, urban communities, use of drugs, Violence, vocational education, vocational training, woman, work experience, workforce, World Population, Young Age, young children, Young girls, young males, Young Men, young mothers, Young People, young people leave school, young person, young women, younger adolescents, Youth, youth agenda, youth centers, youth development, youth development policies, youth employment, youth policies, youth policy, Youth Population, Youth Unemployment, Youth Violence
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| Language:
| English |
| Region:
| Latin America & Caribbean ; |
| Rep Title:
| Youth at risk in Latin America and the Caribbean : understanding the causes, realizing the potential |
| Topics:
| Governance ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Education |
| SubTopics:
| Primary Education ; ; Adolescent Health ; Youth and Governance ; Population Policies |
| Unit Owning:
| Children and Youth (HDNCY) |
| Collection Title: | Directions in development
; human development |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8213-7520-4 |
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| Realizing the potential of Latin America and the Caribbean's (LAC) youth is essential not only to their well-being, but also to the long-term welfare of the whole region. Young people's families, communities, and governments as well as private, nonprofit, and international organizations, have a responsibility to help youth reach their potential. There have been many successes but also important failures. How to build on the successes and correct the failures is the subject of this report. This book has two objectives: to identify the at-risk youth in LAC, and to provide evidence-based guidance to policy makers in LAC countries that will help them to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of their youth investments. The book concludes that governments can be more effective in preventing young people from engaging in risky behavior in the first place and also in assisting those who already are engaged in negative behavior. To support governments in this endeavor, the book provides a set of tools to inform and guide policy makers as they reform and implement programs for at-risk youth. |
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