World Report on Child Labour : Economic vulnerability, social protection and the fight against child labour.

World Report on Child Labour : Economic vulnerability, social protection and the fight against child labour.

This new report is the first in a series to be published annually by the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour. It brings together research on child labour and social protection, identifying policies that are designed to achieve multiple social goals. It discusses the...

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Main Author: Office, International Labour
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Geneva : International Labour Office, 2013.
Subjects:
Child labor.
Age and employment.
Age and employment
Child labor
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Contents; Tables; Figures; Boxes; List of abbreviations; Executive summary; 1. Introduction: Objectives, scope and structure of the report; 2. Child labour and social protection: International standards, concepts and policy frameworks; Child labour standards; Action against child labour; Social protection: A growing focus in development; The ILO Social Security Strategy; Figure 2.1. The ILO Social Security Strategy: A two-dimensional approach; Child-sensitive social protection; Box 2.1. Principles of child-sensitive social protection.
  • 3. Child labour and economic vulnerability: Poverty and shocks as determinants of child labourIntroduction; The many causes of child labour; Figure 3.1. Child labour is more common in poorer countries; Figure 3.2. Key determinants of child labour and schooling and policy pillars to address them; Figure 3.3. Changes in children's employment and GDP growth; Box 3.1. The global economic crisis and child labour; Child labour and economic vulnerability: The theory; Figure 3.3. Changes in children's employment and GDP growth (continued).
  • Figure 3.4. Child labour militates against decent work prospects over the life cycleChild labour and economic vulnerability: The evidence; Figure 3.5. Child labour is much more common in poor households; Table 3.1. Summary of studies estimating the effect of household/income consumption on child labour; Box 3.2. Social protection for migrant children; Table 3.2. Characteristics of country studies on the impact of shocks on child labour; Figure 3.6. Child labour in Venezuela rose dramatically during the economic crisis of 2002-03; Conclusion.
  • Figure 3.7. Both individual and collective shocks are common in Guatemala4. Social protection as a policy response to child labour: A review of evidence from impact evaluations; Introduction; Transfer programmes directed at families with children; Figure 4.1. Ecuador's Bono de Desarrollo Humano programme reduced child labour; Figure 4.2. Malawi's Social Cash Transfer Scheme prompted a shift towards family-based forms of child labour; Figure 4.3. The impact of Mexico's Oportunidades programme varied considerably by children'sage, sex and place of residence.
  • Figure 4.4. Conditional cash transfer programmes lower child labour, although the impact varies greatly from one programme and location to the nextBox 4.1. Conditional versus unconditional cash transfers; Figure 4.5. The limited evidence on the impact of conditional in-kind transfers is less conclusive; Public employment programmes; Figure 4.6. The Public Safety Net public works programme in Ethiopia did not consistently lower child labour; Social health protection; Figure 4.7. Out-of-pocket costs account for over half of total health expenditures in low-income countries.

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