PHA-Exchange> World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation

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From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) 


World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation 

 

World Bank 

 

 Website:
 http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTWDRS/EXTWDR2007/0,,menuPK:1489865~pagePK:64167702~piPK:64167676~theSitePK:1489834,00.html 

 

The theme of the World Development Report (WDR) 2007 is youth-young people between the ages of 12 to 24. As this population group seeks identity and independence, they make decisions that affect not only their own well-being, but that of others, and they do this in a rapidly changing demographic and socio-economic environment.

 

Supporting young people's transition to adulthood poses important opportunities and risky challenges for development policy. Are education systems preparing young people to cope with the demands of changing economies? What kind of support do they get as they enter the labor market? Can they move freely to where the jobs are? What can be done to help them avoid serious consequences of risky behavior, such as death from HIV-AIDS and drug abuse? Can their creative energy be directed productively to support development thinking?

 

The report will focus on crucial capabilities and transitions in a young person's life: learning for life and work, staying healthy, working, forming families, and exercising citizenship. For each, there are opportunities and risks; for all, policies and institutions matter.

The report seeks to discuss difficult questions surrounding young people's transition to adulthood, which poses huge opportunities and challenges for development policy. The report seeks to determine how economic policies can help young people during the crucial transition points to adulthood:

·         Leaving school

·         Staying healthy

·         Entering the labor market

·         Forming families

·         Becoming good citizens.

These transitions are occurring in a vastly different global context from that of their predecessors because of trade and technology. They are also affecting that environment through labor and capital flows, since young people are a significant portion of international migrants.

The World Development Report 2007 is a collaborative effort of the World Bank's Development Economics Vice Presidency and Human Development Network. It is expected to be published in September 2006.

 

The World Development Report 2007 on Development and the Next Generation will be directed by Emmanuel Y. Jimenez, under the guidance of François Bourguignon, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, and a group of advisors. 

 

Core team members

 

Emmanuel Y. Jimenez, Jean Fares, Deon Filmer, Varun Gauri, Paul Gertler, Sarojini Hirshleifer, Elizabeth King, Natsuko Kiso, Mattias K. A. Lundberg

David McKenzie, Claudio E. Montenegro, Mamta Murthi, Peter F. Orazem, Annette Richter, Cristobal Ridao-Cano, Juan Felipe Sanchez, Nistha Sinha

 

 



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