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Young Afghan refugees and asylum seekers in the UK: Does more education mean better futures?
Education is my freedom ... if I have my education, everything is still possible for me in the future. Mohammed grinned, and looked down at his newly acquired university student card...
Migration Refugees YouthWorking Paper
The impact of educational achievement on the integration and wellbeing of Afghan refugee youth in the UKUnprecedented numbers of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children have arrived in Europe over the last decade, and young Afghans account for the highest proportion of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children across the UK...
Migration Refugees YouthBook Chapter
Kenya: Economic growth, labor market dynamics, and prospects for a demographic dividendFrom the book: Africa's Lions
Economic growth Labor Labor productivityBlog
African Lions - Tapping the potential of Kenya's economic growth
From 2000-2014, like many other sub-Saharan African countries, Kenya experienced high growth, at an average of 4.37 percent...
Economic growth Labor Labor productivityWorking Paper
The African Lions: Kenya country case studyThis paper mainly analyses the drivers of economic growth in Kenya and the linkages to the labour market dynamics, with a focus on population growth, its structure, and the prospects of reaping a demographic dividend...
Economic growth Labor Labor productivityBook Chapter
Conclusions: Moving Beyond Conventional WisdomsFrom the book: African Youth and the Persistence of Marginalization...
Economic growth Population YouthBook Chapter
The Success of Learnerships: Lessons from South Africa’s Training and Education ProgrammeFrom the book: African Youth and the Persistence of Marginalization
Economic aspects (Education) Human capital UnemploymentBook Chapter
Education Policy, Vocational Training, and the Youth in Sub-Saharan AfricaFrom the book: African Youth and the Persistence of Marginalization
Education Finance (Education) PopulationBook Chapter
Young People, Agriculture and Employment in Rural AfricaFrom the book: African Youth and the Persistence of Marginalization
Agriculture Economic development EntrepreneurshipBook
African Youth and the Persistence of Marginalization: Employment, politics, and prospects for changeThe much heralded growth and transformation of many economies in sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade continues to receive prominent attention in academic scholarship and among policy practitioners...
Discrimination in employment Economic development Rural developmentBook Chapter
Protesting for a Better Tomorrow?: Youth Mobilization in AfricaDemocracy Political science Social movement
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Introduction: African Youth at a CrossroadsIntroduction Across the globe, today’s youth are often paradoxically considered both ‘agents of change’ who are driven by their aspirations for a better life and ‘a lost gen-eration’ who are trapped by their economic vul...
Economic growth Population YouthWorking Paper
Young People, Agriculture, and Employment in Rural AfricaThis paper examines the current interest in addressing the problem of young people’s unemployment in Africa through agriculture...
Agriculture Economic development EntrepreneurshipWorking Paper
Education Policy, Vocational Training, and the Youth in Sub-Saharan AfricaTechnical, vocational education, and training has remained an explosive topic because it can create a divided society in terms of education and the benefits associated with it...
Education Finance (Education) PopulationWorking Paper
The Success of Learnerships?: Lessons from South Africa’s Training and Education ProgrammeVocational training programmes, like South Africa’s learnership programme, which combine classroom learning and on-the-job training seem like the type of intervention which can create skills, get young people into jobs quicker, and reduce youth...
Economic aspects (Education) Human capital Unemployment