vi \ Global Youth Development Index and Report 2016 Contents Foreword by Dr Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of Malta and Chair-in-Office of the Commonwealth Foreword by The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Acknowledgements Guest Contributions List of Figures List of Tables List of Boxes Young Changemakers Abbreviations and Acronyms iii iv v viii ix x xi xi xii 1 Generation Hope: Young People in a Changing World 5 1.1 Defining youth 6 1.2 Youth transitions 7 1.3 What is youth development? 8 1.4 Prioritising youth development in policy and action 9 1.5 Introducing the Youth Development Index 10 1.6 What does the Youth Development Index measure? 12 1.7 How should the Youth Development Index be interpreted? 12 1.8 The basis for selecting domains and indicators for the Youth Development Index 12 1.9 The main limitations of the Youth Development Index 15 Notes 21 References 21 2 2016 Global Youth Development Index: Results and Analysis 27 Highlights 27 2.1 Youth development: global trends 29 2.2 Youth development in the Commonwealth 33 2.3 Inequalities in youth development 34 2.4 Analysis by YDI domain 41 2.5 2016 Youth Development Index results by region 45 2.6 Correlations 56 2.7 Youth Development Index and Human Development Index 58 Notes 62 References 63