Consultations at the global level on the WDR 2007 took place with members of the YDP Network, youth organizations, and governmental and non-governmental partners with relevant youth expertise in a series of global consultations that began with a partners meeting at the United Nations in New York in September 2005 and continued with subsequent meetings and a six-week global e-discussion hosted by the World Bank on the themes of the World Development Report. The e-discussion was carried on simultaneously in French and Spanish by la Francophonie and La Organisacion Ibero-Americana de la Juventud. Global youth commentary was gathered using the World Bank's website for youth, Youthink, in order to get a wide-ranging opinions from young individuals and the public at large.
Comments from the Canadian Consultation on World Development Report 2007
Comments from Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on World Development Report 2007
Comments from Junior Achievement (JA) on World Development Report 2007
The global consultations were conducted in order to:
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Get traction for the World Development Report among global youth organizations
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Validate ideas with youth activists
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Gather information on youth-led activities worldwide
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Provide a forum where youth practitioners and youth themselves could share knowledge and experience
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To provide an on-line forum where interested young people could express their views about the WDR, and especially of innovative ideas and solutions
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To have the WDR team hear the wide-ranging opinions of young individuals
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