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Argentine Youth : An Untapped Potential

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T10:03:15Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T10:03:15Z
dc.date.issued2009-03-01
dc.description.abstractArgentina's youth, 6.7 million between the ages of 15 and 24, are an important, but to a certain extent untapped, resource for development. Over 2 million (31 percent) have already engaged in risky behaviors, and another 1 million (15 percent) are exposed to risk factors that are correlated with eventual risky behaviors. This totals 46 percent of youth at some form of risk. Today's youth cohort is the country's largest ever and it's largest for the foreseeable future. If policymakers do not invest in youth now, especially in youth at risk, they will miss a unique opportunity to equip the next generation with the abilities to become the drivers of growth, breaking the intergenerational spiral of poverty and inequality and moving Argentina back into the group of high-income countries. If youth are educated and skilled, they can be a tremendous asset for development. If not, they can burden society and public finances. Overall, Argentina is blessed with high enrollment rates in school, low levels of crime and violence, and moderate to low drug use by youth. However, youth employment, smoking and binge drinking (including its effect on traffic accidents), teen pregnancies, and HIV pose challenges for youth policy. While most youth in Argentina are educated, skilled, and healthy, a large group is potentially at risk of engaging in myopic behaviors, including school absenteeism and leaving, substance use and abuse, delinquency, crime, and risky sexual behavior. The consequences of these risky behaviors, unemployment, adolescent pregnancy, sexually-transmitted diseases, addiction, incarceration, violence, and social exclusion, make it difficult for youth to successfully transition to adulthood, imposing large costs on individuals and society. Applying the framework of the world development report 2007, this report examines the five life-changing transitions that all youth confront: leaving school and continuing to learn, starting to work, developing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, forming a family, and exercising citizenship.en
dc.identifierhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20090511001608
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/978-0-8213-7924-0
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-8213-7924-0
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/2622
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Country Study
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectABORTION
dc.subjectACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
dc.subjectADOLESCENCE
dc.subjectADOLESCENT
dc.subjectADOLESCENT FERTILITY
dc.subjectADOLESCENT PREGNANCY
dc.subjectADULTHOOD
dc.subjectAGE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectALCOHOL
dc.subjectALCOHOL USE
dc.subjectALCOHOLISM
dc.subjectBASIC HUMAN RIGHT
dc.subjectBIRTH CONTROL
dc.subjectBIRTH RATES
dc.subjectBIRTHS
dc.subjectBOTH SEXES
dc.subjectCAREGIVERS
dc.subjectCHILD CARE
dc.subjectCHILD COHORT
dc.subjectCHILD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCHILD MALTREATMENT
dc.subjectCHILD MORTALITY
dc.subjectCHILDBEARING
dc.subjectCITIZENSHIP
dc.subjectCIVIC PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCONDOM
dc.subjectCONSISTENT CONDOM USE
dc.subjectCONTRACEPTION
dc.subjectCONTRACEPTIVE USE
dc.subjectCYCLE OF POVERTY
dc.subjectDECLINES IN FERTILITY
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
dc.subjectDEPRESSION
dc.subjectDISABILITY
dc.subjectDISEASES
dc.subjectDISSEMINATION
dc.subjectDOMESTIC VIOLENCE
dc.subjectDROPOUT
dc.subjectDRUG ABUSE
dc.subjectDRUG ADDICTION
dc.subjectDRUG USE
dc.subjectDRUGS
dc.subjectEARLY CHILDHOOD
dc.subjectEARLY PREGNANCY
dc.subjectEARLY SEXUAL ACTIVITY
dc.subjectEARLY SEXUAL INITIATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC CHANGES
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectELDERLY
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectEXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFAMILY FORMATION
dc.subjectFAMILY PLANNING
dc.subjectFAMILY STRUCTURE
dc.subjectFEMALE LABOR FORCE
dc.subjectFERTILITY DECLINE
dc.subjectFERTILITY RATE
dc.subjectFORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectGOOD GOVERNANCE
dc.subjectGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE SYSTEM
dc.subjectHEALTH INTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectHEALTH RISKS
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectHEALTHY LIFESTYLE
dc.subjectHIGH-RISK
dc.subjectHIV
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD POVERTY
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subjectILLEGAL DRUGS
dc.subjectILLITERACY
dc.subjectIMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
dc.subjectINFECTIONS
dc.subjectINFORMATION SERVICES
dc.subjectINTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
dc.subjectINVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION
dc.subjectJOB CREATION
dc.subjectJOB SECURITY
dc.subjectJOB TRAINING
dc.subjectJUVENILE JUSTICE
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectLEGAL STATUS
dc.subjectLEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subjectLIFE SKILLS
dc.subjectLIFELONG LEARNING
dc.subjectLITERACY RATE
dc.subjectLIVE BIRTHS
dc.subjectLOCAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectLONGER LIFE
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectMATERNAL HEALTH
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subjectMINORITY
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectMORTALITY RATE
dc.subjectMOTHER
dc.subjectNATIONAL POLICY
dc.subjectNEW INFECTIONS
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectOLD GIRL
dc.subjectOLDER WOMEN
dc.subjectPERCEPTIONS OF RISK
dc.subjectPERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectPOLITICAL PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOPULATION DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectPOPULATION FUND
dc.subjectPOPULATION SIZE
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPREGNANCIES
dc.subjectPREGNANCY OUTCOMES
dc.subjectPREGNANCY RATES
dc.subjectPREMATURE DEATH
dc.subjectPREVENTION EFFORTS
dc.subjectPREVENTION STRATEGIES
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH BURDEN
dc.subjectPUBLIC POLICY
dc.subjectREPRODUCTIVE DECISIONS
dc.subjectREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
dc.subjectRESPECT
dc.subjectRISK BEHAVIORS
dc.subjectRISK FACTORS
dc.subjectRISKY BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectRISKY SEX
dc.subjectRISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectRISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS
dc.subjectROAD SAFETY
dc.subjectROAD TRAFFIC
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectSCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subjectSCHOOL STUDENTS
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectSELF-ESTEEM
dc.subjectSEX EDUCATION
dc.subjectSEXUAL ABUSE
dc.subjectSEXUAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectSEXUAL BEHAVIORS
dc.subjectSEXUAL INITIATION
dc.subjectSMOKING
dc.subjectSOCIAL AFFAIRS
dc.subjectSOCIAL CHANGE
dc.subjectSOCIAL DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectSOCIAL SCIENCES
dc.subjectSOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectSPILLOVER
dc.subjectSTATE POLICIES
dc.subjectSUBSTANCE ABUSE
dc.subjectSUBSTANCE USE
dc.subjectTEEN
dc.subjectTEEN PREGNANCIES
dc.subjectTEENAGE MOTHERHOOD
dc.subjectTEENAGERS
dc.subjectTOBACCO
dc.subjectTOBACCO USE
dc.subjectTOBACCO USE IN ADOLESCENTS
dc.subjectTOLERANCE
dc.subjectTRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subjectUNFPA
dc.subjectUNPLANNED PREGNANCIES
dc.subjectUNPROTECTED INTERCOURSE
dc.subjectUNPROTECTED SEX
dc.subjectUNSAFE ABORTION
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN POPULATION
dc.subjectUSE OF CONTRACEPTIVES
dc.subjectUSE OF DRUGS
dc.subjectVICTIMS
dc.subjectVICTIMS OF VIOLENCE
dc.subjectVIOLENCE
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWORK EXPERIENCE
dc.subjectWORKFORCE
dc.subjectWORKING-AGE POPULATION
dc.subjectWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectYOUNG AGES
dc.subjectYOUNG GIRL
dc.subjectYOUNG MALES
dc.subjectYOUNG MEN
dc.subjectYOUNG PEOPLE
dc.subjectYOUNG PERSON
dc.subjectYOUNG WOMAN
dc.subjectYOUNG WOMEN
dc.subjectYOUNG WORKERS
dc.subjectYOUTH
dc.subjectYOUTH DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectYOUTH EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectYOUTH HEALTH
dc.subjectYOUTH LITERACY
dc.subjectYOUTH ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectYOUTH PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectYOUTH POLICIES
dc.subjectYOUTH POLICY
dc.subjectYOUTH POPULATION
dc.subjectYOUTH SOCIAL CONDITIONS
dc.subjectYOUTH TRAINING
dc.subjectYOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectYOUTH VIOLENCE
dc.titleArgentine Youth : An Untapped Potentialen
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okr.date.disclosure2009-06-29
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okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid990261468206366136
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/978-0-8213-7924-0
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000333037_20090511001608
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum10541870
okr.identifier.report48460
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryArgentina
okr.region.geographicalSouth America
okr.region.geographicalLatin America
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Adolescent Health
okr.topicGovernance::Youth and Governance
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicEducation::Primary Education
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population
okr.unitSocial Development (LCSSO)
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