Using data from BRIGHT, an integrated program that aims to improve school participation in rural communities in Burkina Faso, we investigate the impact of school subsidies and increased access to education on child work. Regression discontinuity estimates demonstrate that, while BRIGHT...

Recent years have seen a sustained progress in the fight against child labour. The current global economic and financial crisis can potentially reverse the positive trends observed in several countries and further aggravate the problem in regions such as Sub Saharan Africa where the phenomenon...

This paper uses micro data from the Brazilian PNAD between 1981 and 2002 to ascertain the role that local labor demand – proxied by male adult employment in the area of residence - plays in shaping the work and schooling decisions of children aged 10-15. Contrary to the widespread view that...

The current working paper looks at how standard household surveys for child labour measurement could be used to help fill the information gaps on the CDW phenomenon. With specific reference to household surveys conducted in Paraguay (Encuesta Permanente de Hogares (EPH), 2004), Uganda (Uganda...

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...