The current report presents an overview of the child labour phenomenon in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region over recent years. It represents part of a broader effort to improve understanding of how child labour is changing over time in the region, and to ensure that policies relating...

The report examines the issues of child labour and youth employment in Rwanda. The report is the product of a collaborative effort involving the Rwandan National Institute of Statistics, other concerned Government ministries, local research institutes, the UCW programme secretariat, ILO/IPEC and...

The current Inter-Agency Report provides an overview of the child labour situation in Zambia and how it is changing over time, building on and updating the results of the comprehensive Country Report on child labour published in 2009. With this overview as background, the Inter-Agency Report...

Surmonter le double défi du travail des enfants et de l’emploi des jeunes au Cameroun déterminera les progrès du pays vis-à-vis des Objectifs du Millénaire pour le Développement. Les estimations présentées dans ce rapport indiquent qu’environ 1,7 millions d’enfants camerounais...

The current report was developed under the aegis of the Understanding Children’s Work (UCW) program. UCW research efforts in Cambodia have shaped the development of a two-volume Inter-Agency Report on child labour. Volume I of the Inter-Agency Report - Children's Work in Cambodia: A Challenge...

Ce rapport UCW a été produit dans le cadre d’un programme de recherche sur la migration lancé par la Banque mondiale. Ce programme vise notamment à focaliser l’attention des décideurs sur les effets de la migration interne sur les enfants et les jeunes. Le rapport examine d’une part...

Este estudio analiza las tendencias de reducción del trabajo infantil y las políticas públicas que podrían haberla causado, principalmente las de educación, combate a la pobreza y protección social. Centra su atención en el caso de México, en el que durante la última década se ha...

Child labour constitutes an important obstacle to achieving Universal Primary Education and other Millennium Development Goals in Bangladesh. The current report provides an overview of the child labour phenomenon in Bangladesh – its extent and nature, its determinants, and its consequences on...

The report makes use of advances in research achieved through UCW and other efforts to take stock of the global child labour situation, assess key remaining obstacles to the elimination of child labour and identify strategies for addressing them.

Mexico has witnessed dramatic progress towards eliminating child labour and achieving universal basic school enrolment during recent years. In the decade beginning in 2000, the proportion of 12-14 year-olds in employment fell by over 40 percent and that of 15-17 year-olds in employment declined...