Brazil : Youth at Risk in Brazil, Volume 1. Policy Briefing

World Bank

Washington, DC

关键词: CITIZENSHIP;    CIVIC PARTICIPATION;    COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT;    COMMUNITY CENTERS;    CONTRACEPTION;   

RP-ID  :  32310

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Brazilian young people are well on theirway to becoming productive and contributing members ofsociety. Three-quarters of young Brazilians surveyedresponded that they are happy with themselves and with theirlives. And they have the numbers to make substantialcontributions to the present and future of their society --19 percent of the Brazilian population is aged 15 to 24 andBrazilian young people comprise one-third of the youthpopulation of Latin America. This report is the first volumeof a two-volume series. The second volume is a technicalreport that presents the statistical results in detail. Thisfirst volume summarizes the 100-page second volume. It givesa brief review of the report's empirical findings andof the correspondence to youth development policy andprogramming in Brazil.