elsewhere, what has been learned about the situation of out-of-school youth and children (OSCY) in the Philippines-the extent of …The purpose of this report is to share with policymakers and implementers of youth programs in the Philippines and …

to quality services for young Roma children' (hereafter, 'A Good Start' or 'AGS'), implemented by local partner … Roma Children in Eastern Europe' (World Bank, 2012), which provided an assessment of the preschool and early learning gap … between Roma and their non-Roma neighboring children using the UNDP/World Bank/EC regional Roma survey (2012) data. The …

Trinidad and Tobago has experienced increasing social problems relating to its youth population despite the economy … youth development activities, review current services for youth, examine the existing and proposed policy and legislation … relating to youth and capacity for its implementation, and propose interventions to reduce the risks faced by youths and …

Argentina's youth, 6.7 million between the ages of 15 and 24, are an important, but to a certain extent untapped … percent) are exposed to risk factors that are correlated with eventual risky behaviors. This totals 46 percent of youth at … some form of risk. Today's youth cohort is the country's largest ever and it's largest for the foreseeable future. If …

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 …

This policy note provides a view of the main challenges facing Ghana youth and proposes policy options to address them …. The note: (i) highlights youth key characteristics from the perspective of their skills and jobs and the constraints they … face, (ii) describes the institutional set up and strategy governing youth employment interventions in Ghana and what is …

Poverty reduction and youth employment remain deeply intertwined in Mauritania. Mauritania's job-related challenge is … exclusion. With youth (15-24 year olds) comprising over 40 percent of the population as of 2014, they are particularly … Mauritania, with a focus on constraints and opportunities facing youth over the short to long term. To this end, it assesses …