This report examines youth development in the Caribbean today. The objectives of the report are threefold, it aims to 1 …) identify the risk and protective factor and determinats of youth behaviors and development, 2) demonstrate that the negative … behaviors of youth are costly, not only to the youth themselves but to society as a whole, and 3) identifies key intervention …

characteristics of youth employment and the role of education and skills in the school-to-work transition in Indonesia. The slow … highlights the difficulties of senior secondary school graduates in accessing good quality jobs and the high unemployment rate …

among girls in the hardest-hit countries of Africa are 1.3 to 12 times higher than for boys of the same age. Young people … are also the best hope for fighting the epidemic; where HIV prevalence has fallen, youth have led the way by delaying sex …, reducing partners, and increasing condom use. As one of Africa's largest donors for HIV/AIDS, the World Bank can help ensure …

This Thailand Social Monitor provides an overview of the challenges facing Thai youth today, identifying the factors … transitions faced by Thai youth, using the youth development model proposed by the World Development Report 2007. This model helps … provide an understanding of the interactions among the various factors that affect youth development and how they influence in …

The main objective of the report is to provide diagnosis on youth employment, which can provide the basis for future … employment outcomes in Kosovo. The chapter then explains the framework, scope, and limitations of this study (Why youth? Why … youth in jeopardy?). Chapter two develops a youth employment profile using data from the 2003-2006 labor force surveys and …