Combating Child Labour [electronic resource]: A Review of Policies /
Arnal, Elena.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Tobin, Steven.
Torres, Raymond.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2003.
Despite progressive ratification of international conventions on that issue, 23% of the world’s children aged 10-14 are at work. This important book seeks to answer fundamental questions about the phenomenon’s economic causes, the working conditions children endure, and implications of their labour for the economic outlook of the countries concerned. It moreover examines the effectiveness of various policies implemented to combat child labour and the beneficial effects such policies can have on economic development.
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Preliminaries; FOREWORD; CONTENTS; OVERVIEW; Chapter 1 THE REALITY OF CHILD LABOUR IN THE WORLD; Chapter 2 ECONOMIC CAUSES OF CHILD LABOUR; Chapter 3 ACTIONS AND PROGRAMMES TO COMBAT CHILD LABOUR; GLOSSARY OF TERMS; Annex A Data Sources; Annex B Child Labour's Legislative Framework; BIBLIOGRAPHY
Despite progressive ratification of international conventions on that issue, 23% of the world’s children aged 10-14 are at work. This important book seeks to answer fundamental questions about the phenomenon’s economic causes, the working conditions children endure, and implications of their labour for the economic outlook of the countries concerned. It moreover examines the effectiveness of various policies implemented to combat child labour and the beneficial effects such policies can have on economic development.
Child labor.
Child labor
Child labor
Business & Economics
Labor & Workers' Economics