Caribbean Youth Development: Issues and Policy Directions

Caribbean Youth Development
World Bank Publications | 2003-05 | ISBN: 082135518X | 152 pages | PDF | 8 MB

Young people are the basis for the future health and well being of their communities. Recognizing the critical role of young people to the security of sustainable development, this report brings attention to both the important contributions youth have made to Caribbean society and the critical challenges they face in assuming socially responsible and productive roles. The report uses an ‘ecological’ framework to consider negative behaviors and outcomes observed among Caribbean Youth, and also identify ways to enhance positive influences. Casting aside the often narrow view taken of ‘youth’ as a marginal issue, the report advocates the prioritization of youth development across all sectors, and identifies key principles and actions for moving forward.

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Improving Adult Literacy Outcomes: Lessons from Cognitive Research for Developing Countries

Improving Adult Literacy Outcomes
World Bank Publications | 2003-06-04 | ISBN: 0821354930 | 128 pages | PDF | 5,3 MB

There are approximately one billion adult illiterates in the world. Adult literacy programs in developing countries are often ineffectual and rather limited outcomes. To improve outcomes, much emphasis has been given to empowering nongovernmental organizations, increasing learner motivation, and reinforcing social benefits. This book summarizes the pertinent cognitive and neuropsychological research using layman terms and attempts to apply it to the acquisition of adult literacy. It presents issues and ideas on designing adult literacy programs that support human memory functions as understood in 2003.

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Building Confidence For Dummies

by Kate Burton and Brinley Platts, «Building Confidence For Dummies»
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd | 2006 | English | ISBN: 0470016698 | 289 pages | PDF | 5 Mb

Confidence is one of those odd things in life that turn out to be surprisingly difficult to tie down (beauty and quality belong to this strange group too). You may think you know what it is, and you may feel certain that you can recognise it when you see it, but you may struggle to define exactly what ‘it’ is. Confidence is an everyday experience, something you have quite often, except on those all important occasions when it seems to leave you and you could really use more of it – whatever ‘it’ is. In this book, you can clear up the confusion around confidence, and particularly what you may refer to as self-confidence. You dispel a lot of the mystique around how you can develop and build your self-confidence; perhaps to an extent you feared would never be possible for you. Every chapter of this book is designed to help you understand: where your personal confidence comes from, how you can generate an incredibly powerful type of confidence in your life on demand, and how you can do it more reliably with less stress. You will make the fastest progress by immediately putting what you learn into action, by trying out the advice and exercises as you go along, and achieving the deep and lasting personal confidence you were born to enjoy.

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