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dc.titleUnequal Youth: A Challenge for the Development of the Southern Cone: Executive summary
dc.contributor.authorQueijo Von Heideken, Virginia
dc.contributor.authorRodríguez Chatruc, Marisol
dc.contributor.authorSotto Alonso, Belén
dc.contributor.orgunitCountry Department Southern Cone
dc.coverageArgentina
dc.coverageBrazil
dc.coverageChile
dc.coverageParaguay
dc.coverageUruguay
dc.coverageSouthern Cone
dc.date.available2025-03-06T00:03:00
dc.date.issue2025-03-06T00:03:00
dc.description.abstractThe future development of the countries of the Southern Cone - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay - depends largely on the interventions made today to improve the prospects of young people. More than half of the 44 million young people between 15 and 24 years old who live in the Southern Cone face challenges such as unemployment, informality, poverty or are not involved in educational or work activities. Inequality between young people according to their income level in several of these indicators is greater in the Southern Cone than in other regions. In a context of insufficient accumulation of human capital and rapid population aging, the contribution of each young person to future growth becomes increasingly important. Furthermore, youth is a crucial period for the accumulation of fundamental skills for adult life, in which key decisions are made for future trajectories. This report shows the need to develop targeted policies to improve education, training, job opportunities and the health of young people - including mental health -, with special emphasis on the most disadvantaged groups, as well as interventions that minimize the incidence of violence and crime in their lives. It also summarizes the evidence on what types of interventions have worked to achieve those goals and which have not. Advancing on this path is not only essential for the well-being of each young person in the region, but also for the development possibilities of the Southern Cone.
dc.format.extent12
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013446
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Unequal-Youth--A-Challenge-for-the-Development-of-the-Southern-Cone-Executive-summary.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectYouth Employment
dc.subjectYouth and Children
dc.subjectEquality
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectYouth Violence
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subjectPopulation Aging
dc.subjectMental Health
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectHigh School
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subject.jelcodeH52 - Government Expenditures and Education
dc.subject.jelcodeI14 - Health and Inequality
dc.subject.jelcodeI15 - Health and Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeI23 - Higher Education • Research Institutions
dc.subject.jelcodeI24 - Education and Inequality
dc.subject.jelcodeI26 - Returns to Education
dc.subject.jelcodeI28 - Government Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeI32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
dc.subject.jelcodeI38 - Government Policy • Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
dc.subject.jelcodeJ08 - Labor Economics Policies
dc.subject.jelcodeJ15 - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeJ16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeJ24 - Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity
dc.typeCatalogs and Brochures
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-01043
idb.operationRG-P1840
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