viii \ Global Youth Development Index and Report 2016 Guest Contributions Chapter 1 Page Number Dr Selim Jahan, Director, UNDP Human Development Report Office – Measuring human progress: challenges and prospects 11 Paraschos Cant, Winner, 2015 Commonwealth Essay Competion – An open letter to the world’s leaders 16 Nicola Shepherd, Focal Point, UN Programme on Youth – Youth and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 17 Chapter 2 Dr Colin Tukuitonga, Director General, Pacific Community – Challenges and opportunities for youth development in Pacific Small Island Developing States 60 Mattias Lundberg, Senior Economist, Global Partnership on Youth Employment, and Matthew Hobson, Senior Social Protection Specialist, World Bank – Youth unemployment: a growing concern 61 Chapter 3 Dr Adil Najam, Dean, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, and Lead Author, Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Reports – Being young in the age of climate change 77 Angela Crawley MP, Member of Parliament for Lanark and Hamilton East, United Kingdom – The young are ready to serve – and lead 81 Ambassador Irwin Larocque, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community – How the youth can help build resilient economies 82 Chapter 4 Professor Lata Narayan, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India – Youth on the fringes of development 101 Lakshitha Saji Prelis, Director, Children and Youth Programs, Search for Common Ground, and Co-Chair, InterAgency Working Group on Youth and Peacebuilding – Youth and peace-building: evidence and guiding principles 102 Chapter 5 Dr Mo Ibrahim, Founder and Chair, Mo Ibrahim Foundation for Good Governance in Africa – Youth: a wonderful resource for Africa 112