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 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

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Social Analysis biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2008-01
Subjects:	ABORTION, ABORTION RATES, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME, ADDICTION, ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCES, ADOLESCENCE, ADOLESCENT, ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, ADOLESCENTS, ADULTHOOD, ADVOCACY, AGE AT MARRIAGE, AGED, AIDS CAMPAIGN, AIDS PREVENTION, ALCOHOL, ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, ALCOHOLISM, ANXIETY, AVERAGE AGE, BASIC EDUCATION, BIRTHS, BROKEN FAMILIES, CANCER, CHILD LABOR, CHILDBEARING, CHILDBIRTH, CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD, CHRONIC DISEASES, CIGARETTE SMOKING, CITIZENS, CIVIC PARTICIPATION, COCAINE, COMMERCIAL SEX, COMMERCIAL SEX WORKER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CONDOM USE, CONDOMS, CONTRACEPTION METHODS, CRIME, CULTURAL VALUES, DEATHS FROM TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, DECISION MAKING, DELINQUENTS, DIABETES, DISABILITIES, DISABILITY, DRUG, DRUG ABUSE, DRUG CONSUMPTION, DRUG TREATMENT, DRUG USE, DRUGS, EARLY MARRIAGE, ECONOMIC CHANGES, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECSTASY, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, FAMILIES, FAMILY BACKGROUND, FERTILITY, FERTILITY RATES, FIRST BIRTH, FIRST SEXUAL ENCOUNTER, FIRST SEXUAL EXPERIENCE, FORMAL EDUCATION, FUTURE GROWTH, GAMBLING, GIRLS, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HEALTH BEHAVIOR, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH EDUCATION, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH PROMOTION, HEALTH RISKS, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH TRENDS, HEALTHY BEHAVIORS, HEALTHY CHOICES, HEALTHY DECISIONS, HEART DISEASE, HEPATITIS B, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, HIV, HIV INFECTIONS, HOSPITALIZATION, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, HUMAN SECURITY, ILLEGAL ABORTIONS, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFORMED CHOICES, INJURIES, INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LAWS, LEADING CAUSES, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LIFESTYLES, MALE STUDENTS, MALE YOUTH, MARIJUANA, MARKETING, MASS MEDIA, MENTAL HEALTH, MIGRANT WORKERS, MIGRANTS, MIGRATION, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATE, NATIONAL COUNCIL, NATIONAL HEALTH, NATIONAL POLICY, NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY, NEGATIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES, NUMBER OF MIGRANTS, NUTRITION, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, OBESITY, OVERWEIGHT, PARENTING, PATIENTS, PEACE, PEER EDUCATION, PEER GROUP, PEER GROUPS, PERSONALITY, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLLUTION, POOR HEALTH, PREGNANCIES, PREGNANCY, PREGNANT WOMEN, PREMARITAL SEX, PREMATURE DEATH, PRICE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, PROBLEMS OF OBESITY, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC POLICY, QUALITY ASSURANCE, QUALITY EDUCATION, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, QUALITY OF LIFE, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RIGHTS OF CHILDREN, RISK FACTORS, ROAD TRAFFIC, ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, ROLE MODELS, SAFE ENVIRONMENT, SAFER SEX, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SELF-ESTEEM, SEX, SEX EDUCATION, SEX WITH MEN, SEX WORKER, SEX WORKERS, SEXUAL ACTIVITY, SEXUAL BEHAVIORS, SEXUAL EXPERIENCE, SEXUAL INITIATION, SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, SEXUAL KNOWLEDGE, SEXUAL PRACTICES, SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY, SEXUALLY ACTIVE, SEXUALLY ACTIVE FEMALES, SEXUALLY ACTIVE YOUNG MEN, SEXUALLY ACTIVE YOUNG PEOPLE, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, SIBLINGS, SMOKERS, SMOKING, SOCIAL COMMISSION, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL RESEARCH, SOCIAL VALUES, SOCIALIZATION, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, SUICIDE, TEENAGE PREGNANCY, TEENAGERS, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TOBACCO, TOBACCO CONSUMPTION, TOBACCO USE, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, UNSAFE SEX, USE OF CONDOMS, USE OF CONTRACEPTION, VIOLENCE, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WAGES, WORKERS, WORKPLACE, YOUNG MALE, YOUNG MALES, YOUNG MEN, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG PERSON, YOUNG PERSONS, YOUNG WOMEN, YOUTH, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, YOUTH GROUPS, YOUTH HEALTH, YOUTH PARTICIPATION, YOUTH POLICIES, YOUTH POLICY, YOUTH POLICY FORMULATION, YOUTH POPULATION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9066117/thailand-social-monitor-youth-development-next-generation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8036
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