Productive Employment for Youth: Six Innovative Approaches Submitted for the 1995 ESCAP HRD Award, 1997, 61 pages

The case studies presented in this publication: The Barefoot College, India; Viet Nam Youth Federation; Underprivileged Children's Educational Programme, Bangladesh; Phra Payom Kalayano, Thailand; Human Resource Development Centre, Pakistan; and Youth Challenge, Singapore, cover the work of six outstanding individuals and organizations who are making significant contributions towards the promotion of productive employment for youth in the ESCAP region. In spite of a wide divergence of approach, all the programmes recognize the need to include youth as participants in the development process itself and to channel their energy and idealism into constructive economic and social development activities.

produced by: Social Development Division
ST/ESCAP/1754 free

Review of the Youth Situation, Policies and Programmes in Asia and the Pacific, 1997, 116 pages

This monograph, a follow-up to the April 1996 ESCAP resolution 52/4, "Promoting human resource development among youth in Asia and the Pacific", summarizes the progress achieved and the obstacles encountered during the decade, 1885-1995, and reviews eight case studies of the ongoing activities of leading youth organizations in each of the fourth priority areas: education, health, employment and the participation of youth in society. Also included is the report of the Asia-Pacific Meeting on Human Resources Development for Youth, 22-26 October 1996, Beijing, and the Beijing Statement on Human Resources Development for Youth in Asia and the Pacific.

produced by: Social Development Division
ISBN: 92-1-119753-8

ST/ESCAP/1757

E.97.II.F.16