Youth Mainstreaming in Development Planning [electronic resource]: Transforming Young Lives / Commonwealth Secretariat

Foreword -- Preface -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Contributors -- What is Youth Mainstreaming? -- Why Youth Mainstreaming? -- The Sustainable Development Goals and Youth Mainstreaming -- The Youth Mainstreaming Enablers Framework -- Policy Processes and Youth -- The Role of The Youth Sector -- Transformational Youth Participation for Youth Mainstreaming -- Stakeholder Engagement -- Youth-centric Evidence and Data Disaggregation -- Structural Enablers -- Implications for Development Planning -- Youth Mainstreaming Spaces and Accountability -- Planning Levels and Preliminary Assessments -- Establishing Principles -- Conducting a Youth-centric Analysis -- The Programme Cycle -- The Process -- Financing Youth Mainstreaming -- Towards Practical, Principled Youth Mainstreaming -- Introduction to Full Case Studies -- Case Study Theme 1: Youth and Poverty Alleviation - India and South Africa -- Csse Study Theme 2: Youth and Health - South Africa and India -- Case Study Theme 3: Youth Employment - Kenya and Uganda -- Case Study Theme 4: Youth Budgets - Ghana and Uganda -- Case Study Theme 5: Youth and Justice - United Kingdom -- Case Study Theme 6: Youth and Urban Planning - Nepal and Kenya -- Annex 1 - Definitions of Youth -- Annex 2 - Youth Social, Political and Economic Empowerment -- Annex 3 - Youth Participation Practice Standards -- Annex 4 - Marginality Mapping -- Annex 5 - Sarah White's 'Interests in Participation' Model -- Annex 6 - The Power Cube: Levels, Spaces and Forms of Power -- Annex 7 - Example Youth Analysis Frameworks -- Glossary -- Further Reading.

Young people constitute one-quarter of the world’s population, and one-third of the population in developing nations. They have demonstrated their capabilities and vision as citizens and partners in development, signalling a vibrant and hopeful resource for the world. Yet, young people do not benefit equitably from development outcomes. In the global north, they are poorer than their parents’ generation. In the global south, the dividends of economic growth are not adequately reaching them. Young people also face challenges in participating in decisions that affect their social, political and economic empowerment. Against this backdrop, youth mainstreaming is a critical part of creating an egalitarian world and achieving social equality for young people. Youth Mainstreaming in Development Planning: Transforming Young Lives aims to initiate dialogue and mobilise cross-sectoral youth development strategies in order to strengthen intergenerational equity and justice. It includes practical tools and techniques that will help policy-makers and practitioners in all sectors ensure inclusive planning to realise youth rights and capabilities.