Handbook of Adolescent Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy

Bys: Lansford and Banati

Of the 1.2 billion adolescents in the world today, 90% live in low- and middle-income countries. These adolescents face many challenges in their lives. Enrollment in secondary schools is still low in many parts of the world, with illiteracy rates approaching 30% in the least developed countries. Further, adolescents not in school are more vulnerable to trafficking, recruitment into armed conflict, and child labor. Many adolescent girls marry and begin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190847123
• ISBN13: 9780190847128
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"