Argentina - Today's Youth : An Untapped Potential

Argentina - Today's Youth : An Untapped Potential

Argentina's youth 6.7 million between the ages of 15 and 24 are an important, but to a certain extent untapped, resource for development. Over 2 million (31 percent) have already engaged in risky behaviors, and another 1 million (15 percent) a...

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Main Author:	Verner, Dorte
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABUSE ADOLESCENCE ADULTHOOD AGE ALCOHOL AVERAGE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT CAREGIVERS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS CHILDBEARING CHILDREN COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY CONSISTENT CONDOM USE CONTRACEPTION CRIME CRIME PREVENTION DEPRESSION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRUG ADDICTION DRUG USE DRUGS EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS EARLY GRADES EARLY SEXUAL INITIATION EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ENROLLMENT EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION FAMILIES GROUPS HEALTH RISKS HIGH-RISK HOUSEHOLD HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS FOR CHILDREN ILLEGAL DRUGS INCARCERATION INFORMATION INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION INTERVENTIONS JUVENILE JUSTICE KNOWLEDGE LABOR LABOR MARKET LEARNING LEARNING MATERIALS LIFE SKILLS NEIGHBORHOODS NUTRITION OFFENDERS OFFENSES PARENTS PREMATURE DEATH PRIMARY EDUCATION PROJECT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RISK BEHAVIORS RISK FACTORS RISKY SEX RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECURITY SELF-ESTEEM SERVICE SERVICES SEXUAL ACTIVITIES SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SEXUAL INITIATION SKILLS SMOKING SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL SCIENCES STUDENTS TEXTBOOKS TOBACCO TOBACCO USE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TRAININGS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VIOLENCE WAGES YOUNG MALES YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH YOUTH HEALTH YOUTH PARTICIPATION YOUTH SOCIAL CONDITIONS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/12050996/argentina-todays-youth-untapped-potential http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10289

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/12050996/argentina-todays-youth-untapped-potential
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10289