USAID Dominican Republic Cross-Sectoral At-Risk Youth Assessment - Final Report

The Report analyses the structure and characteristics of the youth cohort in the Dominican Republic; reviews the issues facing youth and the resources available to address them in four sectors - education, economic growth, health, and democracy and governance; presents the results of 40 youth focus groups that were implemented by the assessment team as a way of articulating what youth themselves see as their needs, aspirations and challenges; reviews a first generation of 9 youth projects that have been funded by USAID/DR; and provides recommendations for a new generation of USAID/DR sponsored youth programming.