The Demographic Dividend and the Power of Youth (eBook, PDF)

Voices from the Global Diplomacy Lab
Redaktion: Rahman, Eirliani Abdul; Peteranderl, Sonja; D'Silva, Elsamarie

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

As fertility rates decrease, a country's working-age population grows larger relative to the young dependent population. With more people in the labor force and fewer children to support, a country has a window of opportunity for rapid economic growth if the right social and economic investments and policies are made in health, education, governance and the economy. Conversely, research shows that resource requirements to support a large population of children and youth can depress the pace of economic growth and prevent needed investments in human capital. The discourse on responding to this population growth frequently excludes the youth. The result can be an apathetic community of young people who withdraw from participation in political and democratic processes.

The book is a compilation of articles that address the issue and highlight solutions from different parts of the world, from members of the Global Diplomacy Lab to external contributors: how they see their work promoting, enhancing and contributing to harvesting the demographic dividend.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781785276323
• Artikelnr.: 63604383

Autorenporträt

Eirliani A Rahman is an executive director of YAKIN (Youth, Adult survivors & Kin In Need) and works for Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi on issues of child sex trafficking and child labour. She is the author of Survivors, Breaking the Silence on Child Sexual Abuse (2017) and won the 2015 BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders Award. ElsaMarie D'Silva is founder and CEO of Red Dot Foundation (India) and president of Red Dot Foundation Global (USA). Its platform, Safecity, crowdsources personal experiences of sexual violence and abuse in public spaces.  Sonja Peteranderl is the Latin America correspondent for Der Spiegel in Tijuana, Mexico, and is the founder of BuzzingCities Lab, a think tank focusing on how digitalisation influences security, organised crime and urban violence in megacities.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations; Foreword by Ambassador HE Dr Michael Schaefer; Notes
on Contributors; Introduction by Eirliani Abdul Rahman, ElsaMarie D'Silva
and Sonja Peteranderl; Chapter 1 Reaping Morocco's Demographic Dividend:
Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa, Lynn Houmdi; Chapter 2 Social Media as a
Weapon: How the Youth in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas Fight Police Violence,
Julia Jaroschewski; Chapter 3 Mobilising Human Capital to Harness the
Demographic Dividend: The Role of the Diaspora as Actors of Change in the
Gambia, Kebba- Omar Jagne; Chapter 4 Engaging Youth to Address Sexual
Violence in India, ElsaMarie D'Silva; Chapter 5 Putting the African Girl at
the Centre of Demographic Change Programmes, Ekua Yankah; Chapter 6 From
Incarceration to Transformation: Ex-Gang Members as Actors of Change in Los
Angeles 65, Sonja Peteranderl; Chapter 7 African Continental Youth Policy
as a Tool for Harnessing the Demographic Dividend, Patrick Mpedzisi and
Annegret Warth; Chapter 8 Digital Mindfulness for Indian Millennials,
Rudrani Dasgupta; Chapter 9 Lessons from Africa: What Can a Community of
Pastoralists Offer the International Cooperation Community?, Elizabeth
Maloba and Stefan Cibian; Chapter 10 Revisiting Democracy:
Intersectionality, Youth and the Imperative of 'Climate Justice' -
Sardinia's 'Europe Day', Colette Mazzucelli, Christian Rossi and Viola
Prisca Roggia; Acknowledgements; Index.