Cunningham, Wendy...[et al.]

Youth at risk in Latin America and the Caribbean : understanding the causes, realizing the potential - WashingtonUS World Bank 2008 - xiii, [1], 307 p.

Identifies the at-risk youth in LAC, and provides evidence-based guidance to policy makers in LAC countries that will help them to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of their youth investment. Concludes that governments can be more effective in preventing young people from engaging in risky behaviour in the first place and also in assisting those who already are engaged in negative behaviour.

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