Youth Participation in Development

A Guide for Development Agencies and Policy Makers
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    • Foreword
    • Introduction
    • Part One
    • Part Two
    • Part Three
    • Conclusion
    • Appendices
      • Producing this guide
      • Related Resources
      • Further Reading
      • References

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References

PART ONE

Africa Commission (2009) ‘Realising the Potential of Africa’s Youth’; Copenhagen: Africa Commission.

Baksh, R. Etchart L. Onubogu, E. and Johnson T. (eds) ‘Gender Mainstreaming in Conflict Transformation’; London: Commonwealth Secretariat.

Commonwealth Commission on Respect and Understanding (2007) ‘Civil Paths To Peace’; London: Commonwealth Secretariat.

Commonwealth Secretariat (1999) ‘Gender Management System Handbook’; London: Commonwealth Secretariat.

Commonwealth Secretariat (2007) ‘Plan of Action for Youth Empowerment 2007-2015’; London: Commonwealth Secretariat.

Commonwealth Youth Programme/UNICEF (2005) ‘Youth Participation Toolkit’; London: Commonwealth Secretariat.

Commonwealth Youth Programme (2009) ‘Report of the CYP Technical Review Meeting’; Unpublished.

DANIDA (2007) ‘Children and Young People in Danish Development Cooperation’; Copenhagen: Danida.

DFID (2005) ‘Addressing Poverty by Tackling Social Exclusion’; London: DFID.

DFID (2008) ‘The Gender Manual: A Practical Guide’; London: DFID

DFID (2008) ‘Preparing a Country Plan How to Note’; London: DFID

DFID (2009) ‘Gender and Social Exclusion Analysis: How To Note’; Web-based document retrieved 15.12.2009 http://www.gsdrc.org/go/display&type=Document&id=3647&source=rss

DFID website: ‘Global Issues’; Retrieved 15.12.09 http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Global-Issues/How-we-fight- Poverty/Government/

DFID/Maguire, S. (2007) ‘Youth Mapping Study – DFID’s Approach to Young People’.

DFID/World Bank (2006) ‘Unequal Citizens: Gender, Caste and Social Exclusion in Nepal’.

GTZ (2008) ‘Get Youth On Board!’; Eschborn: GTZ.

Hart, R. (1992) ‘Children's Participation: From Tokenism to Citizenship’; Florence: UNICEF ICDC.

Hart, R. (1997) ‘The Theory and Practice of involving young citizens in Community Development and Environmental Care’. London: Earthscan.

Hilker, L. M. And Fraser, E. M./DFID (2009) ‘Youth Exclusion, Violence, Conflict and Fragile States’; London: Social Development Direct.

Honwana, A. and de Boeck, F. (eds.) (2005) ‘Makers and Breakers: children and youth in postcolonial Africa’; Oxford: James Currey.

IADB website: ‘Topics/Children and Youth’; Retrieved 15.12.09 http://www.iadb.org/topics/youth/idbyouth/index.cfm

Innovation Center for youth and community development website: ‘Youth Adult Partnership’; Retrieved 21.12.2009. http://www.theinnovationcenter.org/what-we-do/youth-adult-partnership

Lansdown, G. (2005) ‘Understanding the implications of human rights treaty: evolving capacities of the child’; Florence: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre.

 

Lewis, M. A and Lockheed M.E (2006) ‘Social exclusion: The emerging challenge in girls’ education’. In M. Lewis and M. Lockheed, eds., ‘Exclusion, Gender and Schooling: Case Studies from the Developing World’; Washington, D.C.: Center for Global Development.

NORAD (2005) ‘Three Billion Reasons – Norway’s Development Strategy for Children and Young People in the South’; Oslo: NORAD.

Percy-Smith, B. and Thomas, N. (2009) ‘A Handbook of Children and Young People’s Participation’; Oxford: Routledge.

Save the Children (1997) ‘Empowering Children and Young People: Promoting involvement in decision-making’; London: Save the Children.

SDC (2007) ‘SDC Youth Policy’; Bern: SDC.

Sen, A. (1999) ‘Development as Freedom’; Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Svenson, G. and Burke H./Family Health International (FHI) (2005) ‘Formative Research on Youth Peer Education Program Productivity and Sustainability’; North Carolina: FHI

UN (1989) ‘Convention on the Rights of the Child’; New York: UN.

UN (1995) ‘World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond’; New York: UN.

UN (2007) ‘World Youth Report 2007 – Young People’s Transition to Adulthood: Progress and Challenges’; New York: UN.

UN (2010) ‘World Youth Report 2009’; New York: UN.

UNAIDS Inter Agency Task Team on Education (2008) ‘Toolkit for Mainstreaming HIV and AIDS in the Education Sector’; Paris: UNESCO.

UNESCO (1998) ‘Lisbon Declaration on Youth Policies and Programmes’.

UNESCO (2003) ‘UNESCO’s Gender Mainstreaming Implementation Framework (GMIF) for 2002-2007’; Paris: UNESCO.

UNFPA (2005) ‘The Case of Investing in Young People as part of a National Poverty Reduction Strategy’; New York: UNFPA.

UNFPA (2007) ‘Framework for Action on adolescents and youth: opening doors with young people: Four keys’; New York: UNFPA.

UNFPA/ FHI (2008) ‘Youth Participation Guide – Assessment, Planning and Implementation’; New York: UNFPA. UNICEF (2006) ‘Child and Youth Participation Resource Guide’: http://www.unicef.org/adolescence/cypguide/index_child_led.html

UNICEF (2007) ‘Child poverty in perspective: An overview of child well-being in rich countries’; Florence: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre.

UNICEF ‘Children and Young People Participating in Decision-Making: A Call for Action’; Web-based document retrieved 16/12/2009.

Wenger, E. (1998) ‘Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity’; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Woollcombe, D. / Schumacher Briefing No. 14 (2007) ‘Youth-led Development’; Totnes: Green Books.

World Bank (2007) ‘World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation’; Washington: World Bank.

World Bank (2009) ‘Youth investments in the World Bank Portfolio’

 

PART TWO

Chanya, C. (2002) ‘Community ChoiceWork: Citizen Deliberations on Issues Related to HIV/AIDS’; Washington: Academy for Educational Development.

Choice/Youth Coalition (2009) ‘Youth-Led Organizations and SRHR’; Hilversum: Choice/Youth Coalition.

Commonwealth Secretariat (1999) ‘Gender Management System Handbook’; London: Commonwealth Secretariat.

Commonwealth Youth Programme/UNICEF (2005) ‘Youth Participation Toolkit’; London: Commonwealth Secretariat.

 

Commonwealth Youth Programme (2009) ‘Report of the CYP Technical Review Meeting’; Unpublished.

DANIDA (2006) ‘The Promotion of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Strategy for Denmark’s Support’; Copenhagen: DANIDA.

GTZ (2008) ‘Get Youth On Board!’ Eschborn: GTZ.

Huse, E. and Cummings, T. (1985) ‘Organization Development and Change’; St Paul: West Publishing Company.

International Alert (2009) ‘Rethinking the nexus between youth, unemployment and conflict – Perspectives from Sri Lanka’; London: International Alert.

James-Wilson, D. (2008) ‘Youth Livelihoods Development Program Guide’; Washington: USAID/Equip.

JYAN/USAID (2007) ‘JYAN Advocacy Toolkit’; Retrieved from YGP website 16.12.2009. http://blog.ygproject.org/2009/09/29/jyan-advocacy-toolkit/

Lansdown, G. / UNICEF (2004) ‘Programming Strategy with and for Adolescents in East Asia and Pacific’; Bangkok: UNICEF.

Lerner, J. and Schugurensky, D. (2005) ‘Learning Citizenship and Democracy Through Participatory Budgeting: The Case of Rosario, Argentina’; Paper presented to Columbia University conference: Democratic Practices as Learning Opportunities.

Lopez-Claros, A. and Zahidi, S. (2005) ‘Women’s Empowerment: Measuring the Global Gender Gap’; Geneva: World Economic Forum.

Malley, K. (2005) ‘Children and Young People Participating in PRSP Processes – Lessons from Save the Children’s Experience’. London: Save the Children.

National Youth Agency (2008) ‘Hear by Right: Standards Framework for the Participation of Children and Young People’; Leicester: National Youth Agency.

Population Council (2008) ‘Multisectoral ARH Interventions: The Scale-up Process in Kenya and Senegal’. Washington: Population Council.

Population Council Website: ‘Frontiers Legacy Topics’; Retrieved 16.12.2009. http://www.popcouncil.org/frontiers/Legacy/03Youth.htm

Save the Children Sweden (2004) ‘So You Want to Involve Children in Research?’; Stockholm: Save the Children.

Search for Common Ground (2009) ‘Children Youth and Conflict: An Introductory Toolkit for Engaging Children and Youth in Conflict Transformation’;. Washington: Search for Common Ground.

Shephard, C. and Treseder, P. (2002) ‘Participation – Spice it up!’; Cardiff: Save the Children and Dynamix.

Silva, I. and Salles Souto, AL. (eds) (2009) ‘Democracy, Citizenship and Youth: Towards Social and Political Participation in Brazil’; Ottowa: I.B. Tauris/IDRC.

UN (1989) ‘Convention on the Rights of the Child’; New York: UN.

UN (2005) ‘A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility. Report of the Secretary-General’s High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change’; New York: UN.

UNAIDS Inter Agency Task Team on Education (2008) ‘Toolkit for Mainstreaming HIV and AIDS in the Education Sector’. Paris: UNESCO.

UNDP (2006) ‘Youth and Violent Conflict: Society and Development in Crisis?’; New York: UNDP.

UNFPA (2008) ‘Special Youth Programme - Report 2007’; New York: UNFPA.

UNFPA ‘Putting Young People into National Poverty Reduction Strategies: a guide to statistics on young people in poverty’; Web-based document retrieved 16/12/2009.

UN-HABITAT (2004) ‘72 Frequently Asked Questions about Participatory Budgeting’; Quito: UN-HABITAT.

UNICEF (2006) ‘Child and Youth Participation Resource Guide’; Website based, retrieved 15.12.2009. http://www.unicef.org/adolescence/cypguide/index_child_led.html

UNICEF (2007) ‘Children Living in Poverty: Overview of Definitions, Measurements and Policy’; (Background paper for UNICEF Report on State of the World’s Children 2007) New York: UNICEF.

UNICEF (2009) ‘The participation of children and young people in UNICEF country programme and national committee activities’. New York: UNICEF.

UNICEF ‘Children and Young People Participating in Decision-Making: A Call For Action’. Web-based document retrieved 16/12/2009.

UN Youth Programme Website: ‘Youth Development Indicators’; Retrieved 16.12.2009 http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/youthindicators1.htm

USAID/Population Council. ‘Horizons Operation Research on HIV/AIDS Toolkit’; Web-based document retrieved 16.12.2009 http://www.popcouncil.org/Horizons/ORToolkit/index.htm

Wolfensohn, J. (1998) ‘The Other Crisis: Address to the Board of Governors’; Washington: World Bank.

Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children (2008) ‘Market Assessment Toolkit for Vocational Training Providers and Youth’; New York: Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children.

Youth Employment Network. ‘Why Youth Should Be Involved in Policy-Making’; Web-based document retrieved 16.12.2009 http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/yen/downloads/youthguide/part2_why.pdf

PART THREE

DFID (2008) ‘Gender and Social Exclusion Analysis’; London: DFID.

DFID (2008) ‘Preparing a Country Plan, DFID How-To Note’; London: DFID.

UNESCO (2003) ‘Gender Mainstreaming Implementation Framework’; Rome: UNESCO.

 

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