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Family Planning: The Hidden Need of Married Adolescents in Nepal

Aguilar, Ana Milena; Cortez, Rafael - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

In Nepal, both early marriage and motherhood still place adolescents and their children at a great disadvantage. In 2011, one-third of girls aged 15-19 were already married. About 60 percent of them were pregnant or had at least one child, and one in ten had two living children (Nepal...

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Labour Market Outcomes and Egypt’s Migration Potential

Amer, Mona; Fargues, Philippe - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), … - 2014

consequences of the Egyptian revolution might for migration, a questionnaire survey was conducted amongst Egyptian youth in 2013 …. The objective of this paper is to analyse the Egyptian labour market together with Egyptian migration to see whether … changing conditions in the labour market, in particular after the revolution of 25 January 2011, may affect migration. This …

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Socioeconomic Differences in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: Family Planning

Yarger, Jennifer; Decker, Mara; Brindis, Claire; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

dolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) is one of five areas of focus of the World Bank's reproductive health action plan (RHAP) 2010-2015, which recognizes the importance of addressing ASRH as a development issue with important implications for poverty reduction. Delaying childbearing...

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Socioeconomic Differences in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: Sources of Family Planning

Cortez, Rafael; Brindis, Claire; Decker, Mara; Yarger, … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) is one of five areas of focus of the World Bank?s Reproductive Health Action Plan 2010?2015 (RHAP), which recognizes the importance of addressing ASRH as a development issue with important implications for poverty reduction. Delaying childbearing...

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Researching 'Ordinary' Young People in a Changing World: The Sociology of Generations and the 'Missing Middle' in Youth Research

Woodman, Dan - In: Sociological Research Online 18 (2013) 1, pp. 7-7

Several researchers have pointed to an overemphasis on 'spectacular' elements of youth culture and on 'at-risk' young people, arguing for greater attention to the 'ordinary' in sociological youth research. This article draws upon the Life Patterns Project, a 20-year longitudinal study of...

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The Effect of Family Member Migration on Education and Work Among Nonmigrant Youth in Mexico

Halpern-Manners, Andrew - In: Demography 48 (2011) 1, pp. 73-99

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Afghan unaccompanied minors in the Netherlands: Far away from home and protected?

Siegel M.; Buil C. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014

This study aims to provide insights into the migration situation of Afghan unaccompanied minors UAMs in the Netherlands …, refugee, asylum seeker, migration …

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Youth unemployment rate and impact of financial crises

Choudhry, Misbah Tanveer; Marelli, Enrico; Signorelli, … - In: International Journal of Manpower 33 (2012) June, pp. 76-95

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of financial crises on the youth unemployment rate (YUR). The authors consider different types of financial crises (systemic banking crises, non-systemic banking crises, currency crises and debt crises) and different groups of...

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Youth and Well-Being: A South African Case Study

Makiwane, Monde; Kwizera, Stella - In: Social Indicators Research 91 (2009) 2, pp. 223-242

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Vocational Education, On-the-Job Training and Labour Market Integration of Young Workers in Urban West Africa

Nordman, Christophe; Pasquier-Doumer, Laure - DIAL - 2012

(english) Young people in Africa are confronted with many difficulties when it comes to their integration in the labour markets and their research for decent and productive jobs. Research on the links between formal education and vocational training and their economic returns are especially...

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