Understanding informal apprenticeship: findings from empirical research in Tanzania

Irmgard Nübler; Christine Hofmann; Clemens Greiner

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Understanding informal apprenticeship: findings from empirical research in Tanzania

Irmgard Nübler, Christine Hofmann and Clemens Greiner

Employment working paper, no. 32, ILO

2009

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apprenticeship

apprentice

informal economy

Tanzania

Analyses the practices, institutions and the outcomes of informal apprenticeship in Tanzania. A survey was conducted in Mtwara and Lindi (Southern Tanzania), interviewing 114 MCs, 378 apprentices and 140 skilled workers in car mechanics, electricity services, tailors, carpentry, plumbers, local art, and food processing. In addition, qualitative interviews in 20 workshops generated further insights into informal rules and practices.

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Title: Understanding informal apprenticeship; findings from empirical research in Tanzania
Creators: Irmgard Nübler
Christine Hofmann
Clemens Greiner
Contributors: International Labour Organization. Skills and Employability Department.
Publisher: ILO; Geneva
Date published: 2009
Series: Employment working paper; no. 32
Number of pages: xii, 63 p. :statistics
ISBN: 9789221223511; 9789221223528
ISSN: 1999-2939.
Language: English
Asset Type: working paper
Record Identifier: 995219367602676
Table of contents: Motivation and background -- Concept and methodology -- Economic context: opportunities and challenges of individual trades -- Social context of informal apprenticeship -- Practices in informal apprenticeship and decent work outcomes -- Incentives and capacity to invest in apprenticeship: an enabling instutitional framework -- Effectiveness of informal apprenticeship: quality of training, employability and economic returns -- Final conclusions.