World development report 2007:   development and the next generation. 

 - Washington, DC:  World Bank,  2006. 
 - xvii, 317 pages;  27 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I: Why now, and how? -- Youth, poverty reduction, and growth -- Opportunities, capabilities, second chances: a framework for policy -- Part II: Transitions -- Learning for work and life -- Going to work -- Growing up healthy -- Forming families -- Exercising citizenship -- Part III: Across transitions and next steps -- Moving and communicating across borders -- Youth policy: doing it and getting it right 
<br/><br/> "This book discusses priorities for government action across five youth transitions that shape young people's human capital: learning, working, staying healthy, forming families, and exercising citizenship. Within these transitions, priorities for investment vary across countries. The report highlights three lenses that help assess priorities: expanding opportunities, enhancing capabilities, and providing second chances. Expanding opportunities focuses on increasing the quality (not just quantity) of education, smoothing the transition to work, and providing young people with a platform for civic engagement. Enhancing capabilities involves making young people aware of the consequences of their actions, specially consequences that will affect them much later in life; building their decision-making skills; and giving them the right incentives. Providing second chances calls for helping young people recover from missed opportunities through remedial education, retraining, treatment, and rehabilitation." - From the Book. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780821365410 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Youth--Developing countries.<br/>Economic development--Developing countries.<br/>Developing countries--Economic policy.<br/>Developing countries--Social policy.