Argentine 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)...
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ABORTION ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT FERTILITY ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY ADULTHOOD AGE DISTRIBUTION ALCOHOL ALCOHOL USE ALCOHOLISM BASIC HUMAN RIGHT BIRTH CONTROL BIRTH RATES BIRTHS BOTH SEXES CAREGIVERS CHILD CARE CHILD COHORT CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD MALTREATMENT CHILD MORTALITY CHILDBEARING CITIZENSHIP CIVIC PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONDOM CONSISTENT CONDOM USE CONTRACEPTION CONTRACEPTIVE USE CYCLE OF POVERTY DECLINES IN FERTILITY DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEPRESSION DISABILITY DISEASES DISSEMINATION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DROPOUT DRUG ABUSE DRUG ADDICTION DRUG USE DRUGS EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY PREGNANCY EARLY SEXUAL ACTIVITY EARLY SEXUAL INITIATION ECONOMIC CHANGES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION FAMILIES FAMILY FORMATION FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY STRUCTURE FEMALE LABOR FORCE FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY RATE FORMAL EDUCATION GOOD GOVERNANCE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTHY LIFESTYLE HIGH-RISK HIV HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUMAN RIGHTS ILLEGAL DRUGS ILLITERACY IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME INFECTIONS INFORMATION SERVICES INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION JOB CREATION JOB SECURITY JOB TRAINING JUVENILE JUSTICE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR SUPPLY LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING LITERACY RATE LIVE BIRTHS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT LONGER LIFE LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MATERNAL HEALTH MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINORITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTHER NATIONAL POLICY NEW INFECTIONS NUTRITION OLD GIRL OLDER WOMEN PERCEPTIONS OF RISK PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION DISTRIBUTION POPULATION FUND POPULATION SIZE POVERTY REDUCTION PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY OUTCOMES PREGNANCY RATES PREMATURE DEATH PREVENTION EFFORTS PREVENTION STRATEGIES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH BURDEN PUBLIC POLICY REPRODUCTIVE DECISIONS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESPECT RISK BEHAVIORS RISK FACTORS RISKY BEHAVIOR RISKY SEX RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS ROAD SAFETY ROAD TRAFFIC RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SELF-ESTEEM SEX EDUCATION SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL ACTIVITIES SEXUAL BEHAVIORS SEXUAL INITIATION SMOKING SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL DIFFERENCES SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SERVICES SPILLOVER STATE POLICIES SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBSTANCE USE TEEN TEEN PREGNANCIES TEENAGE MOTHERHOOD TEENAGERS TOBACCO TOBACCO USE TOBACCO USE IN ADOLESCENTS TOLERANCE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNFPA UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES UNPROTECTED INTERCOURSE UNPROTECTED SEX UNSAFE ABORTION URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES USE OF DRUGS VICTIMS VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE VIOLENCE WAGES WORK EXPERIENCE WORKFORCE WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG AGES YOUNG GIRL YOUNG MALES YOUNG MEN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG PERSON YOUNG WOMAN YOUNG WOMEN YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH YOUTH DEVELOPMENT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH HEALTH YOUTH LITERACY YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS YOUTH PARTICIPATION YOUTH POLICIES YOUTH POLICY YOUTH POPULATION YOUTH SOCIAL CONDITIONS YOUTH TRAINING YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH VIOLENCE |
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ABORTION ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT FERTILITY ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY ADULTHOOD AGE DISTRIBUTION ALCOHOL ALCOHOL USE ALCOHOLISM BASIC HUMAN RIGHT BIRTH CONTROL BIRTH RATES BIRTHS BOTH SEXES CAREGIVERS CHILD CARE CHILD COHORT CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD MALTREATMENT CHILD MORTALITY CHILDBEARING CITIZENSHIP CIVIC PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONDOM CONSISTENT CONDOM USE CONTRACEPTION CONTRACEPTIVE USE CYCLE OF POVERTY DECLINES IN FERTILITY DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEPRESSION DISABILITY DISEASES DISSEMINATION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DROPOUT DRUG ABUSE DRUG ADDICTION DRUG USE DRUGS EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY PREGNANCY EARLY SEXUAL ACTIVITY EARLY SEXUAL INITIATION ECONOMIC CHANGES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION FAMILIES FAMILY FORMATION FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY STRUCTURE FEMALE LABOR FORCE FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY RATE FORMAL EDUCATION GOOD GOVERNANCE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTHY LIFESTYLE HIGH-RISK HIV HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUMAN RIGHTS ILLEGAL DRUGS ILLITERACY IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME INFECTIONS INFORMATION SERVICES INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION JOB CREATION JOB SECURITY JOB TRAINING JUVENILE JUSTICE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR SUPPLY LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING LITERACY RATE LIVE BIRTHS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT LONGER LIFE LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MATERNAL HEALTH MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINORITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTHER NATIONAL POLICY NEW INFECTIONS NUTRITION OLD GIRL OLDER WOMEN PERCEPTIONS OF RISK PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION DISTRIBUTION POPULATION FUND POPULATION SIZE POVERTY REDUCTION PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY OUTCOMES PREGNANCY RATES PREMATURE DEATH PREVENTION EFFORTS PREVENTION STRATEGIES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH BURDEN PUBLIC POLICY REPRODUCTIVE DECISIONS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESPECT RISK BEHAVIORS RISK FACTORS RISKY BEHAVIOR RISKY SEX RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS ROAD SAFETY ROAD TRAFFIC RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SELF-ESTEEM SEX EDUCATION SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL ACTIVITIES SEXUAL BEHAVIORS SEXUAL INITIATION SMOKING SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL DIFFERENCES SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SERVICES SPILLOVER STATE POLICIES SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBSTANCE USE TEEN TEEN PREGNANCIES TEENAGE MOTHERHOOD TEENAGERS TOBACCO TOBACCO USE TOBACCO USE IN ADOLESCENTS TOLERANCE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNFPA UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES UNPROTECTED INTERCOURSE UNPROTECTED SEX UNSAFE ABORTION URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES USE OF DRUGS VICTIMS VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE VIOLENCE WAGES WORK EXPERIENCE WORKFORCE WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG AGES YOUNG GIRL YOUNG MALES YOUNG MEN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG PERSON YOUNG WOMAN YOUNG WOMEN YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH YOUTH DEVELOPMENT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH HEALTH YOUTH LITERACY YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS YOUTH PARTICIPATION YOUTH POLICIES YOUTH POLICY YOUTH POPULATION YOUTH SOCIAL CONDITIONS YOUTH TRAINING YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH VIOLENCE World Bank Argentine Youth : An Untapped Potential |
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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) 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 policymakers do not invest in youth now,
especially in youth at risk, they will miss a unique
opportunity to equip the next generation with the abilities
to become the drivers of growth, breaking the
intergenerational spiral of poverty and inequality and
moving Argentina back into the group of high-income
countries. If youth are educated and skilled, they can be a
tremendous asset for development. If not, they can burden
society and public finances. Overall, Argentina is blessed
with high enrollment rates in school, low levels of crime
and violence, and moderate to low drug use by youth.
However, youth employment, smoking and binge drinking
(including its effect on traffic accidents), teen
pregnancies, and HIV pose challenges for youth policy. While
most youth in Argentina are educated, skilled, and healthy,
a large group is potentially at risk of engaging in myopic
behaviors, including school absenteeism and leaving,
substance use and abuse, delinquency, crime, and risky
sexual behavior. The consequences of these risky behaviors,
unemployment, adolescent pregnancy, sexually-transmitted
diseases, addiction, incarceration, violence, and social
exclusion, make it difficult for youth to successfully
transition to adulthood, imposing large costs on individuals
and society. Applying the framework of the world development
report 2007, this report examines the five life-changing
transitions that all youth confront: leaving school and
continuing to learn, starting to work, developing and
maintaining a healthy lifestyle, forming a family, and
exercising citizenship. |
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Argentine Youth : An Untapped Potential |
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Argentine Youth : An Untapped Potential |
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Argentine Youth : An Untapped Potential |
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Argentine Youth : An Untapped Potential |
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Argentine Youth : An Untapped Potential |
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argentine youth : an untapped potential |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-26222021-04-23T14:02:03Z Argentine Youth : An Untapped Potential World Bank ABORTION ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT FERTILITY ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY ADULTHOOD AGE DISTRIBUTION ALCOHOL ALCOHOL USE ALCOHOLISM BASIC HUMAN RIGHT BIRTH CONTROL BIRTH RATES BIRTHS BOTH SEXES CAREGIVERS CHILD CARE CHILD COHORT CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD MALTREATMENT CHILD MORTALITY CHILDBEARING CITIZENSHIP CIVIC PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONDOM CONSISTENT CONDOM USE CONTRACEPTION CONTRACEPTIVE USE CYCLE OF POVERTY DECLINES IN FERTILITY DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEPRESSION DISABILITY DISEASES DISSEMINATION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DROPOUT DRUG ABUSE DRUG ADDICTION DRUG USE DRUGS EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY PREGNANCY EARLY SEXUAL ACTIVITY EARLY SEXUAL INITIATION ECONOMIC CHANGES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION FAMILIES FAMILY FORMATION FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY STRUCTURE FEMALE LABOR FORCE FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY RATE FORMAL EDUCATION GOOD GOVERNANCE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTHY LIFESTYLE HIGH-RISK HIV HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUMAN RIGHTS ILLEGAL DRUGS ILLITERACY IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME INFECTIONS INFORMATION SERVICES INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION JOB CREATION JOB SECURITY JOB TRAINING JUVENILE JUSTICE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR SUPPLY LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING LITERACY RATE LIVE BIRTHS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT LONGER LIFE LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MATERNAL HEALTH MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINORITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTHER NATIONAL POLICY NEW INFECTIONS NUTRITION OLD GIRL OLDER WOMEN PERCEPTIONS OF RISK PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION DISTRIBUTION POPULATION FUND POPULATION SIZE POVERTY REDUCTION PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY OUTCOMES PREGNANCY RATES PREMATURE DEATH PREVENTION EFFORTS PREVENTION STRATEGIES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH BURDEN PUBLIC POLICY REPRODUCTIVE DECISIONS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESPECT RISK BEHAVIORS RISK FACTORS RISKY BEHAVIOR RISKY SEX RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS ROAD SAFETY ROAD TRAFFIC RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SELF-ESTEEM SEX EDUCATION SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL ACTIVITIES SEXUAL BEHAVIORS SEXUAL INITIATION SMOKING SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL DIFFERENCES SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SERVICES SPILLOVER STATE POLICIES SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBSTANCE USE TEEN TEEN PREGNANCIES TEENAGE MOTHERHOOD TEENAGERS TOBACCO TOBACCO USE TOBACCO USE IN ADOLESCENTS TOLERANCE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNFPA UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES UNPROTECTED INTERCOURSE UNPROTECTED SEX UNSAFE ABORTION URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES USE OF DRUGS VICTIMS VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE VIOLENCE WAGES WORK EXPERIENCE WORKFORCE WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG AGES YOUNG GIRL YOUNG MALES YOUNG MEN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG PERSON YOUNG WOMAN YOUNG WOMEN YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH YOUTH DEVELOPMENT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH HEALTH YOUTH LITERACY YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS YOUTH PARTICIPATION YOUTH POLICIES YOUTH POLICY YOUTH POPULATION YOUTH SOCIAL CONDITIONS YOUTH TRAINING YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH VIOLENCE 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) 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 policymakers do not invest in youth now, especially in youth at risk, they will miss a unique opportunity to equip the next generation with the abilities to become the drivers of growth, breaking the intergenerational spiral of poverty and inequality and moving Argentina back into the group of high-income countries. If youth are educated and skilled, they can be a tremendous asset for development. If not, they can burden society and public finances. Overall, Argentina is blessed with high enrollment rates in school, low levels of crime and violence, and moderate to low drug use by youth. However, youth employment, smoking and binge drinking (including its effect on traffic accidents), teen pregnancies, and HIV pose challenges for youth policy. While most youth in Argentina are educated, skilled, and healthy, a large group is potentially at risk of engaging in myopic behaviors, including school absenteeism and leaving, substance use and abuse, delinquency, crime, and risky sexual behavior. The consequences of these risky behaviors, unemployment, adolescent pregnancy, sexually-transmitted diseases, addiction, incarceration, violence, and social exclusion, make it difficult for youth to successfully transition to adulthood, imposing large costs on individuals and society. Applying the framework of the world development report 2007, this report examines the five life-changing transitions that all youth confront: leaving school and continuing to learn, starting to work, developing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, forming a family, and exercising citizenship. 2012-03-19T10:03:15Z 2012-03-19T10:03:15Z 2009-03-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20090511001608 978-0-8213-7924-0 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2622 English World Bank Country Study CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Latin America & Caribbean South America Latin America Argentina |