Youth Perspectives on Community, Trust, and Conflict

Dale, Pamela ; Himelein, Kristen ; Nikitin, Denis ; Bexley, Angie

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO EDUCATION;    ACCESS TO INFORMATION;    ADULTHOOD;    BIRTH RATES;    CITIZENS;   

RP-ID  :  56005

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This briefing note examinesintergenerational aspects of community involvement, trust,and authority, and dispute participation/resolution inTimor-Leste, using findings from the justice module includedin an extension of the 2007 Timor-Leste Survey of LivingStandards (TLSLS2) and a review of relevant social-scienceliterature. It is hoped that this report will be a valuableresource for civil servants, civil society organizations,and donor agencies working with youth in Timor-Leste. Theextension survey (TLSLSx) revisited a nationallyrepresentative subsample of the TLSLS2 between April andOctober 2008. The respondent for the justice module wasrandomly selected to be the household head or his/herspouse, and topics included: (1) access to information anddecision making; (2) opinions and knowledge of the law; (3)trust and local institutions; and (4) dispute resolution.Findings from this survey have been summarized in threeshort briefing papers focusing on youth perspectives, landand conflict, and community trust and decision making.