Thailand Social Monitor on Youth : Development and the Next Generation
This Thailand Social Monitor provides an overview of the challenges facing Thai youth today, identifying the factors that make them vulnerable and outlining possible policy directions in moving forward. This Social Monitor studies three key transit...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9066117/thailand-social-monitor-youth-development-next-generation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8036 |
| Summary: | This Thailand Social Monitor provides an
overview of the challenges facing Thai youth today,
identifying the factors that make them vulnerable and
outlining possible policy directions in moving forward. This
Social Monitor studies three key transitions faced by Thai
youth, using the youth development model proposed by the
World Development Report 2007. This model helps provide an
understanding of the interactions among the various factors
that affect youth development and how they influence in
three important life transitions, namely: growing up
healthy, learning for work and life and moving from school
to work. In this model, the role of public policy is to help
youth succeed in the transition to adulthood by broadening
their opportunities, expanding their capacity and providing
them with second chances to overcome negative outcomes.
These areas are the three youth policy lenses through which
policy priorities are assessed throughout this report. This
report stresses that building the next generation of
Thailand human capital requires a concerted effort. The four
main ministries responsible for promoting the country's
youth development agenda-Ministry of Social Development and
Human Security, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Public
Health and Ministry of Justice-must work towards ensuring
that every stakeholder-including other governmental
departments, NGOs and the private sector-come together to
bring about an enabling environment for youth of all walks
to thrive and realize their full potential. Moreover,
policymaking must also be in tune with reality. It needs to
listen, understand and incorporate the voices and vision of
youth, the central stakeholder in this process, in order to
be grounded on the will and aspirations of the next generation |
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