Holdings: Factors Impacting Youth Development in Haiti

Factors Impacting Youth Development in Haiti

Of the 1.6 million Haitian youth aged 15-24, only 13 percent are content with their lives. More than half of 20-year-olds have not completed secondary education and nearly half of youth in the labor market are unemployed. This paper investigates pr...

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Main Authors:	Justesen, Michael, Verner, Dorte
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ADOLESCENTS ADULTHOOD AGE AGE COHORT AGE GROUPS ATTENDANCE RATES BASIC NEEDS BIRTH RATE BIRTHS CHILD LABOR CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD CHILDREN PER WOMAN CONTRACEPTIVE USE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCRIMINATION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DROPOUT DROPOUT RATES DROPOUTS DRUG ABUSE DRUGS EARLY SEXUAL INITIATION ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED PARENTS EDUCATION EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES EPIDEMIC FAMILIES FAMILY FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SIZE FAMILY STRUCTURES FEMALE ADOLESCENTS FEMALE YOUTH FERTILITY FEWER CHILDREN GENDER GENDER ISSUES HEALTH HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTHY LIFE HIGH BIRTH RATE HIGH FERTILITY RATE HIGHER EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL ILLITERACY ILLITERACY RATES ILLNESS IMPACT OF EDUCATION INCOME INEQUALITY JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LARGE CITIES LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE SKILLS LIVING CONDITIONS LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALE PEERS MALE YOUTH MARRIED YOUTH MIGRANTS MIGRATION PEER GROUP PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PERSONALITY PHYSICAL ABUSE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL RIGHTS POOR FAMILIES POOR HEALTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION DISTRIBUTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY LEVEL PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROGRESS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC SERVICE QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION RELIGIOUS PRACTICE REMITTANCES RESPECT RISK FACTORS RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOR ROLE MODELS RURAL AREAS SCHOOL SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECURITY SITUATION SELF-CONFIDENCE SELF-ESTEEM SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL ABUSE OF GIRLS SLUM DWELLERS SOCIAL EXPECTATIONS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL SERVICES SPOUSE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TEACHERS TEEN TEEN PREGNANCY TEENAGE MOTHERS TEENAGE PREGNANCIES TEENAGE PREGNANCY TERTIARY EDUCATION UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNEQUAL ACCESS UNPROTECTED SEXUAL ACTIVITY URBAN AREAS URBANIZATION VICTIMS VIOLENCE VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGES WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG MALES YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG PERSON YOUNG WOMEN YOUTH YOUTH DEVELOPMENT YOUTH HEALTH YOUTH POPULATION YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH WORK
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7311052/factors-impacting-youth-development-haiti http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6884

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7311052/factors-impacting-youth-development-haiti
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6884

Factors Impacting Youth Development in Haiti

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