ICP Publications

ICP is a leader in the field of youth service and has produced numerous papers on youth service as a strategy, as well as policy scans, and other reports on a wide range of topics. You can also access several of our publications on Issue Lab

Policy Scans

ICP has conducted three policy-scans in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Eastern Europe (EE), and the East Asia and Pacific Region (EAPRO). Policy-scans are designed to develop a greater understanding of the available opportunities for youth civic engagement in a given region. Specifically our research seeks to identify the nature of the policy environment in countries throughout a region and the impact of that policy environment on opportunities for youth civic engagement. Both the LAC and EE reports are available below. The EAPRO report was commissioned by UNICEF and its public release is subject to agency approval.

Policy Scan: An Exploratory Study of National Youth Service Policy in 19 Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean

Policy Scan: An Explanation of Movements Towards Youth Service In Eastern Europe

Service as a Strategy

ICP has published a Service As Strategy series that highlight the positive role that service can play as a strategy for addressing a variety of social issues. Updated versions of the papers in the series are available below. Forthcoming papers in the series include Service As a Strategy for Post Conflict Reconstruction, Service As a Strategy for Social Inclusion, and Service As a Strategy for Climate Change Mitigation.

Service As a Strategy: Promoting Democracy

Service As a Strategy: Combating Youth Unemployment

Service As a Strategy: Youth and Community Development

Service as a Strategy for Post-Conflict Recovery

Other Reports

ICP has also produced a number of original reports that highlight or explain an issue in youth service.

Youth Service: A Strategy for Youth And National Development (2007)
This Development Note was published by the World Bank in the 2007 World Development Report and is based on the Service As a Strategy for Development paper published by ICP.

Summer of Service (2006)
Outlines the potential for a new type of service program directed at middle-school aged young people.

Pathways to a New Future (2005)
Examines the links between the service and conservation corps experience, higher education, and employment.

Transforming Communities Through Service (2005)
Showcases 51 of the most innovative AmeriCorps programs from around the country.

Service to Civics (2003)
Describes national and community service programs that have civic engagement as an explicit objective or goal.

A Global Perspective
Chapter by Susan Stroud from, The Americorps Experiment and the Future of National Service Edited By Will Marshall and Marc Porter Magee

Country/Program Profiles

Periodically ICP Staff write brief country or program profiles to provide in narrative or summary form some of the information that can be accessed through our database of policies and programs.

Zimbabwe's National Youth Service Program

Program Profile: "Foundation for Democratic Youth" (Hungary)

Annual Reports

ICP Annual Report, 2007 (PDF)
ICP Annual Report, 2006 (PDF)
ICP Annual Report, 2005 (PDF)