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Youth at risk in Latin America and the Caribbean : understanding the causes, realizing the potential
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ISBN: 0821375210 0821375202 Year: 2008 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank,

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Youth at Risk in Latin America provides evidence-based guidance to policymakers that will help increase the effectiveness of their youth investment program. Drawing on the authors' detailed analyses, the book describes twenty-three policies and programs that youth development experts agree are the basis of a quality youth development portfolio, from early childhood development programs to parent training to cash transfers for positive behaviors. It also lays out strategies for implementing this effective youth portfolio in a budget-constrained environment by reallocation of resources away from

Children and Families at Risk : New Issues in Integrating Services

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Fears of the prospect of growing social exclusion have become important concerns in recent years for many countries. Improving the quality of education and the standards attained by students to improve employability is one of the tools being used to prevent exclusion. However, changing social realities are leaving young children and students more exposed than ever to failure at school and unemployment. It is becoming increasingly clear that communities, education systems, schools and teachers are not equipped to deal with the many problems which arise and when social or health services become involved conflicts of interest can arise leading to actions which are not always in the clients' best interests. The necessity to provide greater co-ordination among these services, to improve their efficiency and effectiveness and to provide a seamless support to meet the holistic needs of students and their families is now becoming more accepted. Such an approach, inter alia, is community-based, emphasises prevention rather than being crisis-oriented, is customer-driven rather than being focused on an agency, and is accountable through outcomes rather than inputs. For many, better co-ordination of services is seen as the only solution available which is commensurate with our present democratic societies. All of the papers in this book were presented at a conference held in Toronto, Canada. They are original and have been written by policy-makers from different ministries, researchers from different disciplines and clients who come variously from Canada, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, the UK, and the USA.


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Early childhood education and development in poor villages of indonesia : strong foundations, later success
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ISBN: 0821399004 0821398369 1299734626 Year: 2013 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank,

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Indonesia has begun to emerge into middle-income status, yet persistent poverty and stark inequalities continue to affect young children’s development. This book tells the story of Indonesia’s efforts to change the trajectory of development for poor children. Many countries have similar aims, but several aspects of what is reported here are especially valuable and perhaps unique.The study offers data on all aspects of health and development in a sample of rural young children, collected with internationally-validated measures, as well as household information, information about parenting practices including feeding patterns, parent questionnaires, and data on the prevalence and distribution of ECED services. The data reported in this book is based on a sample of more than 6,000 Indonesian children living in 310 poor villages, including two age cohorts (aged 1 and 4 years old when data were first collected on their development in 2009). From the start, the project aimed not only to support service provision but also to support the development of national standards, build national and district capacity, and encourage the establishment of a system of ECED quality assurance, efforts that are still in process. Few such analyses have been done with such a large sample and with multiple measures. These design features allow a high level of confidence in the results that are reported. The lessons from this book will help to inform not only this project’s further implementation but ECED initiatives in Indonesia and around the world. Thus, the results presented in this book are of significance for researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners within and beyond Indonesia. The experiences and research results discussed here are especially relevant for:•Researchers in early childhood development and program evaluation;•Policymakers within and beyond Indonesia;•Providers of early childhood services; •Professional development providers; and•Advocates for quality early childhood services.

Unemployed youth and social exclusion in Europe : learning for inclusion?
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ISBN: 0754641309 1351876805 1315235358 1351876791 9781351876803 9781351876797 9781315235356 9780754641308 9781351876780 9781138258976 1138258970 Year: 2016 Publisher: London : Routledge,

Social exclusion : Rhetoric, reality, responses
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ISBN: 9290145374 9789290145370 Year: 1995

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Measuring justice : primary goods and capabilities
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ISBN: 9780521884518 9780511810916 9780521711470 9780511677656 0511677650 0521884519 0521711479 0511810911 1107211417 1282539000 9786612539008 0511678908 0511682131 0511684118 0511680155 Year: 2010 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This book brings together a team of leading theorists to address the question 'What is the right measure of justice?' Some contributors, following Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum, argue that we should focus on capabilities, or what people are able to do and to be. Others, following John Rawls, argue for focussing on social primary goods, the goods which society produces and which people can use. Still others see both views as incomplete and complementary to one another. Their essays evaluate the two approaches in the light of particular issues of social justice - education, health policy, disability, children, gender justice - and the volume concludes with an essay by Amartya Sen, who originated the capabilities approach.

L'exclusion : l'état des savoirs
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ISSN: 07507798 ISBN: 2707125407 9782707125408 Year: 1996 Publisher: Paris : La Découverte,

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Social stratification --- Social policy --- Sociology of law --- Marginality, Social --- Marginalité --- Politique sociale --- Exclusion --- --Précarité --- --Chômage --- Insertion --- --Société --- --Aide sociale --- --Marginalité --- --Marginality, Social --- Poverty --- People with social disabilities --- Social psychology --- 3771 --- 364.44 --- 364.2 --- AA / International- internationaal --- FR / France - Frankrijk --- 339.325.1 --- 313 --- 339.21 --- 202 --- Culturally deprived people --- Culturally disadvantaged people --- Disadvantaged people, Culturally --- Disadvantaged people, Socially --- People with cultural disabilities --- Socially disadvantaged people --- Socially handicapped --- Underprivileged people --- People with disabilities --- Mass psychology --- Psychology, Social --- Human ecology --- Psychology --- Social groups --- Sociology --- Destitution --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- Exclusion, Social --- Marginal peoples --- Social exclusion --- Social marginality --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Culture conflict --- Social isolation --- Evolutie van de consumptie. Budget van de huishoudens. --- Levenswijze en levensstandaard. Levensminimum. sociale indicatoren (Studiën). --- Ongelijkheid en herverdeling van vermogens en inkomens. Inkomensbeleid. --- Sociale organisatie. --- Marginality, Social. --- People with social disabilities. --- Poverty. --- Social psychology. --- Marginalité --- Sociale organisatie --- Levenswijze en levensstandaard. Levensminimum. sociale indicatoren (Studiën) --- Ongelijkheid en herverdeling van vermogens en inkomens. Inkomensbeleid --- Evolutie van de consumptie. Budget van de huishoudens --- --Insertion --- Précarité --- Chômage --- Société --- Aide sociale

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