'This is the second edition of the Youth Supplement to UNFPA’s State of World Population. The 2007 report focuses on urbanization; the Youth Supplement addresses the challenges and promises of urbanization as they affect young people. In 2008, for the first time, more than half of the world’s population will live in urban areas, and the number and proportion of urban young people is increasing dramatically. Most will be born into poor families, where fertility tends to be higher.'
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'This report explores the lives of young women and young men who have ventured into new lands to chase their dreams or to escape oppression, war, poverty or misfortune. It profiles the lives of young women and men from ten countries – Burkina Faso, Colombia, India, Kenya, Liberia, Moldova, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Suriname and Zambia. Some have never migrated, but their lives are marked by the experiences of spouses or relatives who have moved abroad. They were interviewed by journali more...

The purpose of this step-by-step guide is to show how relevant statistics on young people in poverty can be easily sourced for use in developing national poverty reduction strategies. The guide shows how to use accessible databases on the Internet to provide individual countries with sophisticated statistical profile of young people in poverty.

Since its conception in 2006, the Global Engagement Summit has hosted undergraduates and recent graduates from over 40 counties and 50 universities, with more than 35 global nonprofits for five days of exchange and capacity building at Northwestern University, in Chicago, IL. Through workshops, direct mentorships with nonprofit leaders, and outcome opportunities, GES delegates develop projects in microfinance, community development, global health, sustainable engineering, and many other change-b more...

Across the world children are denied their human rights, including for example, their right to education. They are recruited into armed forces. They are subjected to the death penalty, are disappeared, are punished by cruel and inhumane methods and suffer many other forms of violence. Child soldiers - Worldwide, hundreds of thousands of children under 18 have been affected by armed conflict. They are recruited into government armed forces, paramilitaries, civil militia and a variety of other a more...

The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence against Children paints a detailed picture of the nature, extent and causes of violence against children and proposes recommendations on how to prevent and respond to it. The study was developed under the leadership of Prof. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, the independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General and with the support of the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), an more...

Children in Latin America and the Caribbean attending primary and secondary schools, especially those in rural areas and in urban slums, achieve levels of school completion, knowledge and skills that are inadequate
to compete in a world where mathematics, language, and communication skills as well as flexibility, creativity, and the capacity to work cooperatively are increasingly fundamental for economic growth and social development.
Within this context, this paper summarizes experience to da more...

About forty percent of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean is under the age of 30. The average age in the region is 27. The region's future has never before depended so much on one generation. The IDB Youth Network is a critical element of IDB YOUTH. The IDB Youth Network is a regional network of thousands of youth leaders interested in the social and economic development of their communities, their countries, and the region. The network also includes institutional members working more...

Report to be released Nov. 18. Event to be Webcast. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will present an in-depth report into life satisfaction in Latin America and the Caribbean, which uses data from the Gallup World Poll and information commissioned by the Bank to complement the survey. The study is the latest edition of the Development in the Americas series, the IDB’s flagship publication.

About 40,000 people in 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean were asked how they pe more...

Why the focus on youth? The majority of the world's people are under the age of 25. Many live in the world's poorest countries. To change this imbalance, the world needs your input, your understanding, your involvement. Together, we face many challenges, including finding and ensuring fair distribution of resources to: Reduce poverty; Improve nutrition; Increase access to schools and other education opportunities; Strengthen youth organizations; Promote youth participation and representation more...