Big Picture

• UNICEF - Innocenti - Global Office of Research & Foresight

  • Report: Prospects for Children in 2025: Building Resilient Systems for Children’s Future

• 8 Trends to Know About Children and Families for 2025. ChildTrends. October 2024. 

• Global Shapers Impact Report: Engaging Young People in Decision-Making: Enabling Active Citizenship. January 2025. World Economic Forum (WEF).

Research Centers, Working Groups & Coalitions

• Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues, Georgetown University 

• Advocates for Youth

• Alliance for International Youth Development (AIYD)

• Elevate Children Funders Group

• Coalition for Adolescent Girls 

• First Focus on Children 

• Global Fund for Children

Positive Youth Development 

• Scientific Foundations of Positive Youth Development 

• Search Institutes’s Assets Development Framework

  • Search institute: 40 Development Assets

Scholarly Articles 

• Clare Ignatowski; Rachel Blum; Pia Saunders Campbell; Ricardo Perez-Pineda Building Youth Infrastructure: Early Lessons from the Youth Systems Collaborative (YSC). Journal for Youth Development. Vol. 16 Issue 2-3.

• Richard Catalano, Martie Skinner, Gina Alvarado, Chisina Kapungu, “Positive Youth Development Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Conceptual Framework and Systematic Review of Efficacy”, Journal of Adolescent Health, April 2019. 

• John E. Lindsay, Shannon McGarry, Assem Satmu, Katie Raymond, Arafat Lesheve, Sarah Jonson.Integrating Positive Youth Development: Insights From International Youth Development Programming, Journal of Youth Development, Vol 16, Issues 2 - 3: 

• Lisa A. Lauxman, Thomas Archibald, Elizabeth M. Dowling, Cassandra Jessee, International Positive Youth Development: Challenges and Opportunities in Policy and Practice. Journal of Youth Development, July 2021.

• Gina Chowa, Rainier Masa, Miranda Manzanares, Neil Bilotta, A scoping review of positive youth development programming for vulnerable and marginalized youth in low- and middle-income countries. Children and Youth Services Review, Volume 154, November 2023, 107110. 

USAID Publications, Tools and Assessments 

The following resources were generously paid for by the American public. 

• USAID Youth In Development Policy (2022)

• USAID: Positive Youth Development Framework

• A Systematic Review of Positive Youth Development In Low and Middle-Income Countries, USAID, PEPFAR, YouthPower, April 2017: 

• Overview of Findings from the Systematic Literature Review of Positive Youth Development Impacts on Marginalized and Vulnerable Youth. USAID, YouthPower2: Learning & Evaluation. June 2020: 

• USAID Positive Youth Development Measurement Toolkit, USAID, PEPFAR, YouthPower. 

• Key Soft Skills for Cross-Sectoral Outcomes. USAID, PEPFAR, YouthPower: 

• Youth Programming Assessment Tool (YPAT). USAID, YouthPower Action, FHI360: 

• Program Example: Youth Resilience Activity (YRA) Midterm Program Evaluation Results. USAID/Colombia.  

Big Picture

• Impact of USAID Withdrawal on Global Education & Skills Development. European Training Foundation. April 23, 2025. 

• Collapse and Recovery: How COVID-19 Eroded Human Capital and What to Do About It (The World Bank, 2023) 

• WEF Global Shapers Impact Report 2024: Engaging Young People in Decision Making: Enabling Active Citizenship 

• World Employment & Social Outlook Trends - 2025 (ILO)

Healthy Workforce

• From Learning to Earning: A new guide to design employment solutions that respond to youth needs (IREX) 

• United States: Opportunity Youth and Mental Health: How to Support our Nation’s Struggling Population (A Better Balance) - June 25, 2024. 

• United States: Creating The Healthiest Nation: Prioritizing Youth at Risk of Disconnection (American Public Health Association - APHA). January 2022.