World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192009-03-01978-0-8213-7924-0https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2622Argentina'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.CC BY 3.0 IGOABORTIONACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO HEALTH CAREADOLESCENCEADOLESCENTADOLESCENT FERTILITYADOLESCENT PREGNANCYADULTHOODAGE DISTRIBUTIONALCOHOLALCOHOL USEALCOHOLISMBASIC HUMAN RIGHTBIRTH CONTROLBIRTH RATESBIRTHSBOTH SEXESCAREGIVERSCHILD CARECHILD COHORTCHILD DEVELOPMENTCHILD MALTREATMENTCHILD MORTALITYCHILDBEARINGCITIZENSHIPCIVIC PARTICIPATIONCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCONDOMCONSISTENT CONDOM USECONTRACEPTIONCONTRACEPTIVE USECYCLE OF POVERTYDECLINES IN FERTILITYDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGESDEMOGRAPHIC FACTORSDEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITIONDEPRESSIONDISABILITYDISEASESDISSEMINATIONDOMESTIC VIOLENCEDROPOUTDRUG ABUSEDRUG ADDICTIONDRUG USEDRUGSEARLY CHILDHOODEARLY PREGNANCYEARLY SEXUAL ACTIVITYEARLY SEXUAL INITIATIONECONOMIC CHANGESECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTELDERLYEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTIONFAMILIESFAMILY FORMATIONFAMILY PLANNINGFAMILY STRUCTUREFEMALE LABOR FORCEFERTILITY DECLINEFERTILITY RATEFORMAL EDUCATIONGOOD GOVERNANCEGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEALTH CARE SYSTEMHEALTH INTERVENTIONSHEALTH RISKSHEALTH SERVICESHEALTHY LIFESTYLEHIGH-RISKHIVHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD POVERTYHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUSHUMAN RIGHTSILLEGAL DRUGSILLITERACYIMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMEINFECTIONSINFORMATION SERVICESINTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSIONINTERNATIONAL STUDENTSINVESTMENTS IN EDUCATIONJOB CREATIONJOB SECURITYJOB TRAININGJUVENILE JUSTICELABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR SUPPLYLEGAL STATUSLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIFE EXPECTANCYLIFE SKILLSLIFELONG LEARNINGLITERACY RATELIVE BIRTHSLOCAL DEVELOPMENTLONGER LIFELOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMATERNAL HEALTHMIGRATIONMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINORITYMORTALITYMORTALITY RATEMOTHERNATIONAL POLICYNEW INFECTIONSNUTRITIONOLD GIRLOLDER WOMENPERCEPTIONS OF RISKPERSONAL DEVELOPMENTPOLITICAL PARTICIPATIONPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOPULATION DISTRIBUTIONPOPULATION FUNDPOPULATION SIZEPOVERTY REDUCTIONPREGNANCIESPREGNANCY OUTCOMESPREGNANCY RATESPREMATURE DEATHPREVENTION EFFORTSPREVENTION STRATEGIESPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPROGRESSPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH BURDENPUBLIC POLICYREPRODUCTIVE DECISIONSREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHRESPECTRISK BEHAVIORSRISK FACTORSRISKY BEHAVIORRISKY SEXRISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORRISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORSROAD SAFETYROAD TRAFFICRURAL AREASSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL STUDENTSSCHOOLSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSELF-ESTEEMSEX EDUCATIONSEXUAL ABUSESEXUAL ACTIVITIESSEXUAL BEHAVIORSSEXUAL INITIATIONSMOKINGSOCIAL AFFAIRSSOCIAL CHANGESOCIAL DIFFERENCESSOCIAL SCIENCESSOCIAL SERVICESSPILLOVERSTATE POLICIESSUBSTANCE ABUSESUBSTANCE USETEENTEEN PREGNANCIESTEENAGE MOTHERHOODTEENAGERSTOBACCOTOBACCO USETOBACCO USE IN ADOLESCENTSTOLERANCETRAFFIC ACCIDENTSUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATESUNFPAUNPLANNED PREGNANCIESUNPROTECTED INTERCOURSEUNPROTECTED SEXUNSAFE ABORTIONURBAN AREASURBAN POPULATIONUSE OF CONTRACEPTIVESUSE OF DRUGSVICTIMSVICTIMS OF VIOLENCEVIOLENCEWAGESWORK EXPERIENCEWORKFORCEWORKING-AGE POPULATIONWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONYOUNG AGESYOUNG GIRLYOUNG MALESYOUNG MENYOUNG PEOPLEYOUNG PERSONYOUNG WOMANYOUNG WOMENYOUNG WORKERSYOUTHYOUTH DEVELOPMENTYOUTH EMPLOYMENTYOUTH HEALTHYOUTH LITERACYYOUTH ORGANIZATIONSYOUTH PARTICIPATIONYOUTH POLICIESYOUTH POLICYYOUTH POPULATIONYOUTH SOCIAL CONDITIONSYOUTH TRAININGYOUTH UNEMPLOYMENTYOUTH VIOLENCEWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-7924-0