| Author(s): | International Youth Foundation |
| Title: | Opportunity for action: Preparing youth for 21st century livelihoods |
| Source: | http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/ci... |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Organization: | International Youth Foundation |
| Short Description: | The primary message of this paper is that private-sector enterprises, governments, donors, development organizations, and youth themselves must join forces at every level and work in partnership to equip young people with the resources they need to succeed in 21st century labor markets. |
| Annotation: | Young people everywhere have a right to expect that their transition into adulthood will be accompanied by an opportunity to become engaged, healthy, and productive members of their communities. Although many youth are succeeding, millions of others are not. Many youth struggle to overcome the array of individual, community, national, and transnational disadvantages that deny them a fair chance at a decent livelihood. The primary message of this paper is that private-sector enterprises, governments,
donors, development organizations, and youth themselves
must join forces at every level and work in partnership to
equip young people with the resources they need to succeed in 21st century labor markets. And we must do so quickly.
There are already more than 1 billion people ages 15 to 24 on the planet, comprising the largest youth cohort in history. This disproportionally high number of young people, known as the “youth bulge,” will swell to 1.5 billion by 2035. Whether the high number of youth represents a potential threat to global stability or a “demographic dividend” with which societies prosper depends on how decisively we act to ensure that young
people have opportunities for dignified livelihoods. |
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