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Since the late 1980s, the UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (—the Programme “) has supported a number of social science research initiatives on under-investigated areas of sexual and reproductive health care. Four of these initiatives–on the dynamics of contraceptive use, the determinants and consequences of induced abortion, sexual behaviour, and the role of men–also covered the needs and perceptions of young people.

These four initiatives comprised 146 research projects and, of these, 34 studies in 20 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America addressed young people, including adolescents (aged 10œ19 years) and youth (aged 15œ24 years). Fieldwork for these case studies was conducted chiefly between 1992 and 1996. A summary review of the studies is now available from the Programme.