Farafina Institute

'Participate Swaziland-Germany'

We are happy to announce the start of our new project

'Participate Swaziland-Germany'

Young people from Swaziland, Ghana, the UK and Germany will meet up to exchange about history, politics, institutions, justice, political and governmental systems, education systems, the position of young Africans in the world and potentials of their participation in reducing inequalities in their societies. The project will bring to the attention of the public the issues of relevance for young African people.

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Erasmus+ project 'Empowering Young People of African Origin for Political Participation in Europe

"Participate"

Farafina Institute, in cooperation with African & Caribbean Diversity and AKOMA Bildung & Kultur, and with support from the European Commission, DG Education and Culture, Erasmus+, successfully completes the project 'Empowering Young People of African Origin for Political Participation in Europe' (Participate)

Group picture in front of the stage of Kenako Africa Festival, Berlin, 3rd transnational meeting

The project aimed to place a particular focus on empowerment and participation of young people of African backgrounds. This focus evolves from the finding that youth with African backgrounds do not only share limits in opportunities for involvement with other young people but do also have unequal chances for participation among young people in general in societies of European countries. Besides opportunities for participation in fields such as education, the labor market, entrepreneurship, culture and the media, this is particular true for the political field. This final project report illustrates the implementation of the project and summarizes its main findings that were generated on the basis of the workshop discussions, feedback surveys among the participants, expert interviews with representatives of African youth organisations in Germany and the UK and an online survey among young people with African backgrounds.

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Land Sector Reforms in Ghana, Kenya and Vietnam: A Comparative Analysis of Their Effectiveness

by Peter Narh, Cosmas Kombat Lambini, Matthew Sabbi, Van Dien Pham and Trung Thanh Nguyen

Abstract

The notion that the formal titling and individualization of land rights in developing countries lead to higher investments in land and agricultural productivity holds sway in academic and development circles. In this paper, this notion is analyzed based on a comparative study of land reform programs and their implications for access to land, credit, and agricultural investments in Ghana, Kenya, and Vietnam.