This book presents new scientific knowledge on using developmental science to improving lives
of children and youth across the globe. It highlights emerging pathways to sustainability as
well as the interconnectedness and interdependence of developmental science and sustainable
children and youth development globally. Presenting cross-cultural views and current
perspectives on the role of developmental science in the realization of the Sustainable
Development Goals for children and youth development contributors from different disciplines
from low-and-middle-income countries or scholars working in these countries capture ground
realities of the situation of children and youth in these regions. This book addresses
developmental issues related to inequity gender health education social protection and
needs of vulnerable populations of children and youth. Other areas of focus are improving
mechanisms and monitoring frameworks of development and well-being indicators.
