This paper investigates the impact, as well as the channels of transmission, of recent financial crisis on economic growth and youth employment in three major South Asian countries: India, Pakistan and Bangladesh that together represent more than 97 percent of the population and 96 percent of...

The youthful population of South Asia, having almost one-third of the population below the age of 15 years old, seems also to have a great share in the future alongside the risk of being NEET with a persisting gender gap. This makes important for South Asian countries to put a gender- responsive...

Youth are the cornerstone and the future of societies. It is of critical importance to adopt a life-cycle approach to child and youth development with a greater focus on the care, empowerment, and protection of girls and young women. This report focuses on youth, an age group defined as persons...