Youth at Risk in Latin America and the Caribbean: Understanding the Causes, Realizing the Potential

Cunningham, Wendy; McGinnis, Linda; Verdu, Rodrigo Garcia; Tesliuc, Cornelia M.; Verner, Dorte

doi:10.1037/e599802012-001

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“…Connectedness to family and school can both play roles in overall health and risky behaviour (Viner et al 2012;Cunningham et al 2008). Recent reviews and commentary note that ASRH programming has historically focused too much on individual factors and not enough on family and peer influences, with detrimental effects (Fatusi and Hindin 2010;Mmari and Blum 2009).…”

Section: Proximal Determinantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health: scoping the impact of programming in low- and middle-income countries

Rankin¹,

Heard²,

Diaz³

2017

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The International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) is an international grant-making nongovernmental organisation promoting evidence-informed development policies and programmes. We are the global leader in funding and producing high-quality evidence of what works, for whom, why and at what cost. We believe that better and policy-relevant evidence will help make development more effective and improve people's lives. 3ie scoping papers 3ie develops its thematic grant programmes in a particular development area or sector through an organised scoping process. This multifaceted exercise helps ensure that new windows address priorities for evidence production where evidence is limited and gaps have been identified. 3ie scopes the demand for evidence through consultation with potential users, including policymakers, programme managers, researchers and civil society. Scoping exercises usually include producing an evidence map of interventions and outcomes of included studies and reviews. This aids identification of where more or better evidence is needed and where evidence is sufficient for producing systematic reviews. Other scoping can include reviewing existing programming and funding. The results include priority questions for which there is demand for answers. Scoping papers consolidate this information into a justification for what a thematic grant programme will address. About this paper3ie conducted scoping work on adolescent sexual and reproductive health to assess evidence on the effectiveness of related programmes in low-and middle-income countries, and to identify priorities for funding new 3ie impact evaluations and systematic reviews in this area. An evidence gap map is reported in this paper, and is also available in the 3ie Evidence Gap Map Report series, Adolescent sexual and reproductive health: an evidence gap map. An interactive version of the map is available on the 3ie website. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation provided funding for this scoping project.All of the content is the sole responsibility of the authors and does not represent the opinions of 3ie, its donors or its Board of Commissioners. Any errors and omissions are also the sole responsibility of the authors. Any comments or queries should be directed to the corresponding author, Kristen Rankin, at krankin@3ieimpact.org. AcknowledgementsWe are extremely grateful to James Jarvis-Thiébault, Nadine Pfeifer, Mark Englebert, Julie Perng and Ashley Holst for their research assistance. We could not have done this work without the support and leadership of Annette N Brown and further technical support and review comments from Beryl Leach. We appreciate Edoardo Masset's helpful review comments on the evidence gap map. 3ie developed the evidence gap map with guidance and input from an advisory group, who also reviewed this draft. We are very thankful to its members, listed below. Additionally, 3ie would like to thank the wide range of stakeholders who participated in consultative workshops and a roundtable. A complete list of particip...

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Section: Proximal Determinantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health: scoping the impact of programming in low- and middle-income countries

Rankin¹,

Heard²,

Diaz³

2017

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“…Adapted from Cunningham et al 2008 andBehrman, de Hoyos, andSzekely (2015) Global evidence suggests that there are multiple, interacting factors that affect learning, progression through grades, and ultimate dropout. Diagram 1 presents a simple framework to organize these factors, built on the lifecycle approach to human capital accumulation.…”

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An Overview of School Dropout in Central America: Unresolved Issues and New Challenges for Education Progress

Adelman¹,

Székely²

2017

EUROPEAN J ED RES

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School dropout is a growing concern in Central America, and in Latin America as a whole, because of its consequences for economic productivity, the inclusiveness of growth, social cohesion, and increasing youth risks. This paper utilizes more than two decades of household survey data to construct a systematic overview of school dropout at the primary and secondary levels in Central America, focusing on recent trends in dropout patterns and their underlying causes. Within each country, poverty, rurality, and indigenous group membership are the strongest correlates of dropout, reflecting several underlying factors that affect the marginal benefits and costs of staying in school. Global and regional evidence increasingly points to common policy priorities for reducing dropout across Central America, including addressing remaining gaps in access at the pre-primary and secondary levels, improving the quality of education at all levels, and strengthening the coverage, targeting, and coherence of existing programs aimed at improving education outcomes. However, additional rigorous evaluations, including cost data, are needed to identify the most effective specific approaches in each country. JEL Classification: I2, I24, I25, I26, I28, O15

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“…This may have a lot to do with how they believe democracy has treated them. A recent study finds that the young in Latin America have fewer opportunities in society, reflected by higher unemployment rates and lower-quality jobs (Cunningham 2008). The same study also finds that among the young, poverty often goes together with violence and crime.…”

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confidence: 94%

Economic Shocks and Democratic Vulnerabilities in Latin America and the Caribbean

Córdova¹,

Seligson

2010

Lat. Am. polit. soc.

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Historical evidence suggests that bad economic times often mean bad times for democracy, but prior research has given us little guidance on how this process may work. What economic conditions are most threatening, and how might they weaken consolidating democracies? This article uses the AmericasBarometer conducted by the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) to answer these questions by focusing on core attitudes for the consolidation of democracy. We use survey data at the level of the individual and economic data at the country level to help detect democratic vulnerabilities in Latin America and the Caribbean. The study finds that conditions of low levels of economic development, low economic growth, and high levels of income inequality increase those vulnerabilities substantially, but the effects are not uniform across individuals. Some groups, especially the young and the poor, are particularly vulnerable to some antidemocratic appeals. L A TIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY 52: 2 L A TIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY 52: 2 Source: Authors' calculations based on data from the Penn World Tables 6.2 (Heston et al. 2006).

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Youth at Risk in Latin America and the Caribbean: Understanding the Causes, Realizing the Potential

Cited by 42 publications

References 102 publications

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health: scoping the impact of programming in low- and middle-income countries

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health: scoping the impact of programming in low- and middle-income countries

An Overview of School Dropout in Central America: Unresolved Issues and New Challenges for Education Progress

Economic Shocks and Democratic Vulnerabilities in Latin America and the Caribbean

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