take place. Many of ebeEe counCries, howeeer, face acute difficultles in inplementing national" youth policies because of a Iack of resources for deueloFfient. Under lhe inpact of recession, thege resources becone much rnore scarce, and youtb progranmes sometlmes suffer d ispropor t lonately from any cut-backa Ln goverrunent expend i ture. 23. ft appearB, hosever, chat lbe Interhatlonal Youth Year has contributed to suBmunting sone of these difficulties. Tbis haa bappened through the creation of an atlEsphere that. is conducive to addressing such problems, at the national. regi.onal and lnternational levels. As a reault of these effort.s, spread over a dlverse operational area, many achievements have been recorded in the formulation and implenentatlon of national youlh policiea and programmes. 24. With regard to technical co-operation activlties, che experience gathered during the preparations of the fnternational YouCb Year has indicated cba! nany young P€ople ' in several pares of the r,,orld, are in need of various klnds of assistance. A general lnpressj.on of their predicanent is conveyed ln the reporc ofA/40/70L EngIish Page 9 lhe aituation of youth in the 1980s lA/4O/ 64-E/L985/ 5l ' In Ehe Less developed reg ions of the world, already bigh youth unenPloyment flgures have been exacerbated by the econornic crisis in the first balt of Ehis decade, bY stagnant or falling production and by the austeriEy measures rnany counlries have had to adopt ' The general configuration in these Parts of the \torld apPears to be one of.large youth inernplolnnent, even Larger underemploymen!, and associated poverty' Thia is comblned rrith a disjunction beEueen the exPectations of young PeoPle and the employnent opportunities they are offered. ehether they cone frorn rural or urban backgrounds. Any policy airrcd aE resolving the problem nust therefore Eake i.nto account bottt its qualitative and its quantitatlve dinensions. There have been a
**Analysis**
The text discusses the challenges faced by many countries in implementing national youth policies due to a lack of resources, particularly in the context of economic recession. It also mentions the importance of addressing the employment and poverty issues faced by young people in less developed regions. This suggests that the category should be focused on employment, economic development, and humanitarian aid.

**Category**
Employment, Economic development