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Uniform Title World development report.
Title Development and the next generation / the World Bank
Published Washington, DC : World Bank and Oxford University Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 317 pages) : color illustrations
Series World Development Report Ser
World Development Report Ser
Contents Overview -- Why now, and how? -- Youth, poverty reduction, and growth -- Opportunities, capabilities, second chances : a framework for policy -- Transitions -- Learning for work and life -- Going to work -- Growing up healthy -- Forming families -- Exercising citizenship -- Across transitions and next steps -- Youth policy : doing it and getting it right
Summary The theme of The World Development Report 2007 is youth - young people between the ages of 12 to 24. As this population group seeks identity and independence, they make decisions that affect not only their own well-being, but that of others, and they do this in a rapidly changing demographic and socio-economic environment. Supporting young people's transition to adulthood poses important opportunities and risky challenges for development policy. Are education systems preparing young people to cope with the demands of changing economies? What kind of support do they get as they enter the labor market? Can they move freely to where the jobs are? What can be done to help them avoid serious consequences of risky behavior, such as death from HIV-AIDS and drug abuse? Can their creative energy be directed productively to support development thinking? The report will focus on crucial capabilities and transitions in a young person's life: learning for life and work, staying healthy, working, forming families, and exercising citizenship. For each, there are opportunities and risks; for all, policies and institutions matter
Notes "This report has been prepared by a core team led by Emmanuel Y. Jimenez and comprising Jean Fares [and others]"--Page xiii
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-270) and index
Notes Print version record
In World Bank e-Library
Subject Youth in development -- Developing countries
Youth -- Developing countries -- Social conditions
Youth -- Developing countries -- Economic conditions
Youth -- Health and hygiene -- Developing countries
Youth -- Government policy -- Developing countries
Youth -- Services for -- Developing countries
Economic development.
Youth in development.
economic development.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Adolescence.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Teenagers.
Economic development
Youth -- Economic conditions
Youth -- Government policy
Youth -- Health and hygiene
Youth in development
Youth -- Services for
Youth -- Social conditions
Jeugd.
Ontwikkelingspolitiek.
Developing countries
Ontwikkelingslanden.
Form Electronic book
Author Jimenez, Emmanuel, 1952-
World Bank.
ISBN 0821365428
9780821365427
082136541X
9780821365410
0821365495
9780821365496
0821365509
9780821365502
6610564566
9786610564569
1280564563
9781280564567
Other Titles World development report 2007 : development and the next generation
WDR 2007 : development and the next generation