This new flagship report, the first in a series to be published annually by the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, brings together research on child labour and social protection, identifying policies that are designed to achieve multiple social goals. Included are analyses of national child labour trends based on the latest survey data, discussions of the role of poverty and economic shocks in rendering households vulnerable to child labour, and detailed consideration of income transfers, public employment programmes, social insurance and microcredit initiatives as they have been implemented around the world. The report distils a broad range of research in economic and social policy and should be of interest to those looking for ways to combat poverty in the present and reduce its burden on the next generation.
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Monday, October 15, 2012
World Child Labour Report 2012: Economic vulnerability, social protection and child labour
This new flagship report, the first in a series to be published annually by the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, brings together research on child labour and social protection, identifying policies that are designed to achieve multiple social goals. Included are analyses of national child labour trends based on the latest survey data, discussions of the role of poverty and economic shocks in rendering households vulnerable to child labour, and detailed consideration of income transfers, public employment programmes, social insurance and microcredit initiatives as they have been implemented around the world. The report distils a broad range of research in economic and social policy and should be of interest to those looking for ways to combat poverty in the present and reduce its burden on the next generation.
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