Youth at Risk in Latin America and the Caribbean : Understanding the Causes, Realizing the Potential
Realizing the potential of Latin America and the Caribbean's (LAC) youth is essential not only to their well-being, but also to the long-term welfare of the whole region. Young people's families, communities, and governments as well as pr...
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ABSTINENCE ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT FERTILITY ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENT MOTHERS ADOLESCENTS ADULTHOOD AGE RANGES ALCOHOL ALCOHOL USE AVERAGE SCORE BIRTH RATES BIRTH REGISTRATION CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS CHILDBEARING CHILDBEARING AGE CHURCHES CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE SKILLS COMMUNITY CENTERS COMPLETION RATES CONDOM CONDOMS CONTRACEPTION COST ESTIMATES COSTS OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE DECISION MAKING DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS DISABILITIES DISEASES DISSEMINATION DOMESTIC ABUSE DROPOUT DROPOUT RATES DROPOUTS DRUG ABUSE DRUG USERS DRUGS EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY SEXUAL INITIATION ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFECTIVE POLICIES EMPLOYMENT SERVICES ENROLLMENT FAMILIES FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FEWER CHILDREN FINANCIAL COSTS FIRST BIRTH FIRST CHILD FIRST SEXUAL EXPERIENCE FUTURE GENERATIONS GANGS GENDER ISSUES GIRLS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CENTERS HEALTHY LIFESTYLE HIGH-RISK HIV HIV INFECTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD WORK HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLEGAL DRUGS ILLICIT DRUGS INCOME INEQUALITY INFECTIONS INITIATE SEXUAL ACTIVITY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS INVESTING JOB TRAINING LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIFE SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING MACHISMO MATERNITY LEAVE MENTAL HEALTH MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINORITY MOBILE CLINICS MOTHER NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL LEVELS NATIONAL POLICIES NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION OLD GIRLS OLDER ADOLESCENTS PEER INFLUENCE PEER PRESSURE PERSONAL DECISIONS PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PHYSICAL ASSAULT POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POOR ADOLESCENTS POOR FAMILIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULAR SUPPORT POPULATION STRUCTURE PRACTITIONERS PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY RATES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGICAL BARRIERS PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RESPONSIBILITIES RISK FACTORS RISKY BEHAVIOR RISKY BEHAVIORS RISKY SEX RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR ROLE IN SOCIETY RURAL AREAS RURAL RESIDENCE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL LEAVERS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL STAFF SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SCHOOLAGE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SECONDARY SCHOOL SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY SELF-ESTEEM SELF-RELIANCE SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS SEX SEX EDUCATION SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL ACTIVITY SEXUAL EXPERIENCE SEXUAL INITIATION SEXUAL PRACTICES SEXUALLY ACTIVE SEXUALLY ACTIVE YOUNG PEOPLE SKILLS TRAINING SMOKING SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL MARKETING OF CONDOMS SOCIAL SKILLS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT ASSESSMENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBSTANCE USE TEACHERS TECHNICAL SKILLS TEEN TEEN PREGNANCY TEENAGE GIRLS TEENAGE PREGNANCY TEENAGERS TOBACCO TOBACCO CONSUMPTION TOBACCO USE TOLERANCE TRAINING PROGRAMS UNEDUCATED WOMEN UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES UNPLANNED PREGNANCY UNPROTECTED SEX UNSAFE SEX URBAN COMMUNITIES USE OF DRUGS VIOLENCE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING WOMAN WORK EXPERIENCE WORKFORCE WORLD POPULATION YOUNG AGE YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG GIRLS YOUNG MALES YOUNG MEN YOUNG MOTHERS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVE SCHOOL YOUNG PERSON YOUNG WOMEN YOUNGER ADOLESCENTS YOUTH YOUTH AGENDA YOUTH CENTERS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT POLICIES YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH POLICIES YOUTH POLICY YOUTH POPULATION YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH VIOLENCE |
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ABSTINENCE ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT FERTILITY ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENT MOTHERS ADOLESCENTS ADULTHOOD AGE RANGES ALCOHOL ALCOHOL USE AVERAGE SCORE BIRTH RATES BIRTH REGISTRATION CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS CHILDBEARING CHILDBEARING AGE CHURCHES CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE SKILLS COMMUNITY CENTERS COMPLETION RATES CONDOM CONDOMS CONTRACEPTION COST ESTIMATES COSTS OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE DECISION MAKING DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS DISABILITIES DISEASES DISSEMINATION DOMESTIC ABUSE DROPOUT DROPOUT RATES DROPOUTS DRUG ABUSE DRUG USERS DRUGS EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY SEXUAL INITIATION ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFECTIVE POLICIES EMPLOYMENT SERVICES ENROLLMENT FAMILIES FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FEWER CHILDREN FINANCIAL COSTS FIRST BIRTH FIRST CHILD FIRST SEXUAL EXPERIENCE FUTURE GENERATIONS GANGS GENDER ISSUES GIRLS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CENTERS HEALTHY LIFESTYLE HIGH-RISK HIV HIV INFECTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD WORK HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLEGAL DRUGS ILLICIT DRUGS INCOME INEQUALITY INFECTIONS INITIATE SEXUAL ACTIVITY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS INVESTING JOB TRAINING LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIFE SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING MACHISMO MATERNITY LEAVE MENTAL HEALTH MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINORITY MOBILE CLINICS MOTHER NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL LEVELS NATIONAL POLICIES NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION OLD GIRLS OLDER ADOLESCENTS PEER INFLUENCE PEER PRESSURE PERSONAL DECISIONS PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PHYSICAL ASSAULT POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POOR ADOLESCENTS POOR FAMILIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULAR SUPPORT POPULATION STRUCTURE PRACTITIONERS PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY RATES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGICAL BARRIERS PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RESPONSIBILITIES RISK FACTORS RISKY BEHAVIOR RISKY BEHAVIORS RISKY SEX RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR ROLE IN SOCIETY RURAL AREAS RURAL RESIDENCE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL LEAVERS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL STAFF SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SCHOOLAGE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SECONDARY SCHOOL SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY SELF-ESTEEM SELF-RELIANCE SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS SEX SEX EDUCATION SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL ACTIVITY SEXUAL EXPERIENCE SEXUAL INITIATION SEXUAL PRACTICES SEXUALLY ACTIVE SEXUALLY ACTIVE YOUNG PEOPLE SKILLS TRAINING SMOKING SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL MARKETING OF CONDOMS SOCIAL SKILLS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT ASSESSMENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBSTANCE USE TEACHERS TECHNICAL SKILLS TEEN TEEN PREGNANCY TEENAGE GIRLS TEENAGE PREGNANCY TEENAGERS TOBACCO TOBACCO CONSUMPTION TOBACCO USE TOLERANCE TRAINING PROGRAMS UNEDUCATED WOMEN UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES UNPLANNED PREGNANCY UNPROTECTED SEX UNSAFE SEX URBAN COMMUNITIES USE OF DRUGS VIOLENCE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING WOMAN WORK EXPERIENCE WORKFORCE WORLD POPULATION YOUNG AGE YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG GIRLS YOUNG MALES YOUNG MEN YOUNG MOTHERS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVE SCHOOL YOUNG PERSON YOUNG WOMEN YOUNGER ADOLESCENTS YOUTH YOUTH AGENDA YOUTH CENTERS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT POLICIES YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH POLICIES YOUTH POLICY YOUTH POPULATION YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH VIOLENCE Cunningham, Wendy McGinnis, Linda García Verdú, Rodrigo Tesliuc, Cornelia Verner, Dorte Youth at Risk in Latin America and the Caribbean : Understanding the Causes, Realizing the Potential |
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Latin America & Caribbean Latin America Caribbean |
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Realizing the potential of Latin America
and the Caribbean's (LAC) youth is essential not only
to their well-being, but also to the long-term welfare of
the whole region. Young people's families, communities,
and governments as well as private, nonprofit, and
international organizations, have a responsibility to help
youth reach their potential. There have been many successes
but also important failures. How to build on the successes
and correct the failures is the subject of this report. This
book has two objectives: to identify the at-risk youth in
LAC, and to provide evidence-based guidance to policy makers
in LAC countries that will help them to increase the
effectiveness and efficiency of their youth investments. The
book concludes that governments can be more effective in
preventing young people from engaging in risky behavior in
the first place and also in assisting those who already are
engaged in negative behavior. To support governments in this
endeavor, the book provides a set of tools to inform and
guide policy makers as they reform and implement programs
for at-risk youth. |
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Publications & Research :: Publication |
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Cunningham, Wendy McGinnis, Linda García Verdú, Rodrigo Tesliuc, Cornelia Verner, Dorte |
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Cunningham, Wendy McGinnis, Linda García Verdú, Rodrigo Tesliuc, Cornelia Verner, Dorte |
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Cunningham, Wendy |
| title |
Youth at Risk in Latin America and the Caribbean : Understanding the Causes, Realizing the Potential |
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Youth at Risk in Latin America and the Caribbean : Understanding the Causes, Realizing the Potential |
| title_full |
Youth at Risk in Latin America and the Caribbean : Understanding the Causes, Realizing the Potential |
| title_fullStr |
Youth at Risk in Latin America and the Caribbean : Understanding the Causes, Realizing the Potential |
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Youth at Risk in Latin America and the Caribbean : Understanding the Causes, Realizing the Potential |
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youth at risk in latin america and the caribbean : understanding the causes, realizing the potential |
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Washington, DC : World Bank |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9719056/youth-risk-latin-america-caribbean-understanding-causes-realizing-potential http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6483 |
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okr-10986-64832021-04-23T14:02:25Z Youth at Risk in Latin America and the Caribbean : Understanding the Causes, Realizing the Potential Cunningham, Wendy McGinnis, Linda García Verdú, Rodrigo Tesliuc, Cornelia Verner, Dorte ABSTINENCE ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT FERTILITY ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENT MOTHERS ADOLESCENTS ADULTHOOD AGE RANGES ALCOHOL ALCOHOL USE AVERAGE SCORE BIRTH RATES BIRTH REGISTRATION CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS CHILDBEARING CHILDBEARING AGE CHURCHES CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE SKILLS COMMUNITY CENTERS COMPLETION RATES CONDOM CONDOMS CONTRACEPTION COST ESTIMATES COSTS OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE DECISION MAKING DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS DISABILITIES DISEASES DISSEMINATION DOMESTIC ABUSE DROPOUT DROPOUT RATES DROPOUTS DRUG ABUSE DRUG USERS DRUGS EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY SEXUAL INITIATION ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFECTIVE POLICIES EMPLOYMENT SERVICES ENROLLMENT FAMILIES FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FEWER CHILDREN FINANCIAL COSTS FIRST BIRTH FIRST CHILD FIRST SEXUAL EXPERIENCE FUTURE GENERATIONS GANGS GENDER ISSUES GIRLS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CENTERS HEALTHY LIFESTYLE HIGH-RISK HIV HIV INFECTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD WORK HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLEGAL DRUGS ILLICIT DRUGS INCOME INEQUALITY INFECTIONS INITIATE SEXUAL ACTIVITY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS INVESTING JOB TRAINING LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIFE SKILLS LIFELONG LEARNING MACHISMO MATERNITY LEAVE MENTAL HEALTH MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINORITY MOBILE CLINICS MOTHER NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL LEVELS NATIONAL POLICIES NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION OLD GIRLS OLDER ADOLESCENTS PEER INFLUENCE PEER PRESSURE PERSONAL DECISIONS PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PHYSICAL ASSAULT POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POOR ADOLESCENTS POOR FAMILIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULAR SUPPORT POPULATION STRUCTURE PRACTITIONERS PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY RATES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGICAL BARRIERS PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RESPONSIBILITIES RISK FACTORS RISKY BEHAVIOR RISKY BEHAVIORS RISKY SEX RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR ROLE IN SOCIETY RURAL AREAS RURAL RESIDENCE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL LEAVERS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL STAFF SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SCHOOLAGE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SECONDARY SCHOOL SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY SELF-ESTEEM SELF-RELIANCE SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS SEX SEX EDUCATION SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL ACTIVITY SEXUAL EXPERIENCE SEXUAL INITIATION SEXUAL PRACTICES SEXUALLY ACTIVE SEXUALLY ACTIVE YOUNG PEOPLE SKILLS TRAINING SMOKING SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL MARKETING OF CONDOMS SOCIAL SKILLS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT ASSESSMENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBSTANCE USE TEACHERS TECHNICAL SKILLS TEEN TEEN PREGNANCY TEENAGE GIRLS TEENAGE PREGNANCY TEENAGERS TOBACCO TOBACCO CONSUMPTION TOBACCO USE TOLERANCE TRAINING PROGRAMS UNEDUCATED WOMEN UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES UNPLANNED PREGNANCY UNPROTECTED SEX UNSAFE SEX URBAN COMMUNITIES USE OF DRUGS VIOLENCE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING WOMAN WORK EXPERIENCE WORKFORCE WORLD POPULATION YOUNG AGE YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG GIRLS YOUNG MALES YOUNG MEN YOUNG MOTHERS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVE SCHOOL YOUNG PERSON YOUNG WOMEN YOUNGER ADOLESCENTS YOUTH YOUTH AGENDA YOUTH CENTERS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT POLICIES YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH POLICIES YOUTH POLICY YOUTH POPULATION YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH VIOLENCE Realizing the potential of Latin America and the Caribbean's (LAC) youth is essential not only to their well-being, but also to the long-term welfare of the whole region. Young people's families, communities, and governments as well as private, nonprofit, and international organizations, have a responsibility to help youth reach their potential. There have been many successes but also important failures. How to build on the successes and correct the failures is the subject of this report. This book has two objectives: to identify the at-risk youth in LAC, and to provide evidence-based guidance to policy makers in LAC countries that will help them to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of their youth investments. The book concludes that governments can be more effective in preventing young people from engaging in risky behavior in the first place and also in assisting those who already are engaged in negative behavior. To support governments in this endeavor, the book provides a set of tools to inform and guide policy makers as they reform and implement programs for at-risk youth. 2012-05-25T21:34:36Z 2012-05-25T21:34:36Z 2008 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9719056/youth-risk-latin-america-caribbean-understanding-causes-realizing-potential 978-0-8213-7520-4 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6483 English en_US Directions in Development; Human Development CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC : World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Latin America & Caribbean Latin America Caribbean |