Youth at Risk in Latin America and the Caribbean : Understanding the Causes, Realizing the Potential

Cunningham, Wendy ; McGinnis, Linda ; Garcí ; a Verdú ; , Rodrigo ; Tesliuc, Cornelia ; Verner, Dorte

Washington, DC : World Bank

关键词: ABSTINENCE;    ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION;    ADOLESCENCE;    ADOLESCENT;    ADOLESCENT FERTILITY;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-0-8213-7520-4
RP-ID  :  44823

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Realizing the potential of Latin Americaand the Caribbean's (LAC) youth is essential not onlyto their well-being, but also to the long-term welfare ofthe whole region. Young people's families, communities,and governments as well as private, nonprofit, andinternational organizations, have a responsibility to helpyouth reach their potential. There have been many successesbut also important failures. How to build on the successesand correct the failures is the subject of this report. Thisbook has two objectives: to identify the at-risk youth inLAC, and to provide evidence-based guidance to policy makersin LAC countries that will help them to increase theeffectiveness and efficiency of their youth investments. Thebook concludes that governments can be more effective inpreventing young people from engaging in risky behavior inthe first place and also in assisting those who already areengaged in negative behavior. To support governments in thisendeavor, the book provides a set of tools to inform andguide policy makers as they reform and implement programsfor at-risk youth.