Youth poverty in Accra: Managing urban livelihoods in informal apprenticeships
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Research papers, synthesis reports, country and programme studies are collected from many academic institutions and national, regional and international professional associations.
ILO
The International Labour Organization is the tripartite U.N. agency that promotes Decent Work through employment, social security, labour standards and social dialogue. Its work on skills development is guided by the conceptual framework on Skills to improve productivity, employment growth, and development agreed in 2008 by representatives of Governments, Employers’ Associations and Workers’ Associations. Research, policy advice, and pilot projects and technical cooperation programmes to apply good practices in different circumstances across its 185 member States aims to boost the employability of workers, the productivity and competitiveness of enterprises, and the inclusiveness of economic growth. The ILO Secretariat in offices in 40 countries works with Ministries of Labour, employers’ organizations, and trade unions to integrate skills development into national and sector development strategies in order to better meet current labour market needs and to prepare for the jobs of the future; to expand access to employment-related training so that youth, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups are better able to acquire skills and secure productive and decent work; and to improve the ability of public employment services to provide career guidance, maintain labour exchange services, and deliver active labour market programmes.For more information regarding the ILO’s work on skills and employability go to: http://www.ilo.org/skills/lang--en/index.htm; for ILO/Cinterfor's Knowledge Management Plarform, see: http://www.oitcinterfor.org
Research papers
Working papers, reports, and other publications from international organizations, academic institutions and bilateral agencies. Research findings to stimulate informed debate on skills, employment and productivity issues.
The study analyses young peoples’ motives for pursuing an apprenticeship and identification of the challenges they confront in transitioning to a decent job. Its holistic approach considers barriers to accessing apprenticeship positions, challenges to completing an apprenticeship, and difficulties in then gaining productive decent work, which in many cases is associated with opening a workshop of one’s own. The report includes the views of current apprentices and craftspeople, in addition to youths who dropped out of an apprenticeship and those that changed careers after completing an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships
Economic recovery
Informal economy
Poverty
Vocational training
Youth
Africa
