Children and Youth in Crisis : Protecting and Promoting Human Development in Times of Economic Shocks

Motivated by the need to understand how crises affect human development in diverse segments of the population, this book explores how individuals and households cope with the changes and stresses induced by economic crises. It examines how these im...

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Main Authors:	Lundberg, Mattias, Wuermli, Alice
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT ADOLESCENTS ADULT ROLE MODELS ADULTHOOD AMNIOTIC FLUID ANXIETY BIRTH WEIGHT BLUEPRINT BUSINESS CYCLES CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOUR CHILD MORTALITY CHILD REARING CHILD WELFARE CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY LIFE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONGENITAL ANOMALIES CULTURAL CHANGE DEBT DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACY DEPRESSION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY DISASTERS DROPOUT DROPOUTS EARLY ADOLESCENCE EARLY CHILDHOOD ECOLOGY ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC CHANGES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFECTIVE POLICIES ELDERLY EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTS EPIDEMIOLOGY ETHNIC GROUPS EXPENDITURES EXPLOITATION FAMILIES FAMILY BACKGROUND FAMILY INCOME FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS FAMILY RESOURCES FAMILY STRUCTURES FAMILY TENSION FERTILITY FOOD SECURITY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GENDER EQUALITY GENDER ROLES GIRLS GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL HEALTH GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HEALTHY CHILDREN HEALTHY CHOICES HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT HORMONES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMIGRANT INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INFANT INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERVENTION INVOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT ISOLATION JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR MARKET LAM LEGAL STATUS LIMITED RESOURCES LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALARIA MALE YOUTH MARGINAL BENEFITS MARGINAL COSTS MENTAL MENTAL DISORDERS MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MORBIDITY MORTALITY MOTHER NATIONAL HEALTH NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NUTRITION OBESITY OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE OLDER CHILDREN PARENTING PEDIATRICS PEER RELATIONSHIPS PERINATAL CARE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLICY RESPONSE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLYGAMY POPULATION STUDIES POSTNATAL DEPRESSION PRACTITIONERS PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY CAREGIVERS PROGRESS PSYCHIATRY PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH PSYCHOLOGISTS PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICE QUALITY OF EDUCATION RACISM RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARENTS REMITTANCES RESEARCH COMMUNITY RESEARCH PROGRAM RESPECT RISK REDUCTION RISKY BEHAVIOR SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOLS SELF-REGULATION SERVICE DELIVERY SEX SEXUALITY SIBLINGS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL CONDITIONS SOCIAL EXPECTATIONS SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL INTERVENTION SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROBLEM SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL UNREST SOCIAL UPHEAVAL SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SPILLOVER STATE UNIVERSITY SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBSTANCE USE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL SKILLS TEEN TEEN PREGNANCIES TOXINS UNEMPLOYMENT VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY WAGES YOUNG CHILD YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVE SCHOOL YOUNG PERSON YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH YOUTH DEVELOPMENT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH VIOLENCE YOUTH-FOCUSED INTERVENTIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16406343/children-youth-crisis-protecting-promoting-human-development-times-economic-shocks http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9374

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Summary:	Motivated by the need to understand how crises affect human development in diverse segments of the population, this book explores how individuals and households cope with the changes and stresses induced by economic crises. It examines how these impacts and coping mechanisms differ across cultural and institutional contexts and looks at how best to protect the most vulnerable from lasting harm and the degradation of human capital. Financial crises, at both the global and the national level, are ubiquitous. Reinhart and Rogoff (2009) provide the invaluable lesson that over the past 800 years a major crisis has happened roughly once every 20 years. This pattern raises concern about the human impacts of crises, especially among more vulnerable people in developing countries. During the most recent global financial crisis, international organizations, bilateral development agencies, and civil society organizations all expressed concern about the ongoing 'human crisis.' The global community has become alarmed that the crisis could reverse recent progress in poverty reduction and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Human development is at the core of economic development. Human capital accumulation at all stages from the antenatal environment through early childhood and adolescence helps facilitate the transition to a healthy and productive adulthood and break the intergenerational transmission of poverty. Shortfalls or setbacks at any stage of the life course may have severe consequences for individual development as well as for the growth and development of successful communities. The work presented in this volume deepens our understanding of how shocks affect children and youth in two ways. First, the authors aggregate the evidence on various developmental outcomes across developmental stages from conception to adulthood. Second, the authors show that the impact of crises will differ according to the social and environmental contexts in which the child or young person grows and that shocks can in turn affect those contexts. The authors hope to understand the short- and long-term impacts of crises, and whether we can identify particular protective factors that support children's recovery from the worst ravages of the crisis. The focus on transmission mechanisms, the pathways of influence, leads to a set of broad policy recommendations for enhancing both protection and recovery.

Children and Youth in Crisis : Protecting and Promoting Human Development in Times of Economic Shocks

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