Youth in focus: The new UNDP HDR. (URDU)

The much-awaited UNDP Human Development Report focused on youth has been successfully launched and welcomed in Pakistan.  Led by Adil Najam and Faisal Bari, it is probably one of the largest research projects in Pakistan’s history. A large team (40 members) worked on it for 4 years to produce a detailed report listening to the youth on Pakistan. 

 

Those of you who have followed this podcast will have heard of the youth bulge and its impact on many factors in the economy. Here listen to Adil’s report on the Youth bulge in Pakistan. Adil Najam (who appears for the third time on Soch Bichar) very eloquently gives you the gist of this very important work. 

Listen to it and develop further research on this important area 

 

Related material if interested is

• Access report here http://nhdr.undp.org.pk
• PIDE demographic dividend http://pide.org.pk/pdf/Working%20Paper/Demographic%20Dividend%20Final.pdf

http://www.pide.org.pk/pdf/Working%20Paper/WorkingPaper-68.pdf

• Framework of Economic Growth was a youth focused policy https://www.theigc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Planning-Commission-2011-Final-Report.pdf
• Looking back explains youth focused policy and its underpinning’s in detail http://www.libertybooks.com/index.php?route=product/search&search=Nadeem%20ul%20haque&category_id=0

Listen to this and let us reinvigorate research and debate into change. 

Listen to this fascinating discussion. There is much to learn and research here. 

You can also look at my book “Looking Back: How Pakistan Became an Asian Tiger in 2050” now available in hard copy in Pakistan here http://www.libertybooks.com/index.php?route=product/search&search=Nadeem%20ul%20haque&category_id=0Soft copy here. https://www.amazon.com/Looking-Back-Pakistan-Became-Asian-ebook/dp/B06X94135J/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488133596&sr=1-1&keywords=nadeem+haque

Listen and learn and write some papers on this subject.  Don’t forget to cite Soch Bichar

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