I. Introduction

1. Congressional Mandate and Legislative Requirements
2. Scope of Report
3. Country Profile Format
   1. The Incidence and Nature of Child Labor
   2. Children’s Participation in School
   3. Child Labor Law and Enforcement
   4. Addressing Child Labor and Promoting Schooling
   5. Selected Data on Government Expenditures
4. Sources of Information
   1. Reports and Other Materials
   2. Period of Public Submission
   3. Field Visits
5. Definitions and Concepts
   1. Child Labor
   2. The Worst Forms of Child Labor
   3. Economically Active Children
   4. Formal and Informal Sector
   5. Primary Gross and Net School Attendance
   6. Primary Gross and Net School Enrollment

II. A Global Perspective

1. The Worst Forms of Child Labor
   1. Forced Labor
   2. Children of War
   3. Commercial Sexual Exploitation
   4. Children Involved in Illicit Activities
   5. Other Hazardous Forms of Child Labor
2. Combating Child Labor
3. Evidence from 33 Countries

III. Country Profiles

1. Bangladesh
2. Benin
3. Bolivia
4. Brazil
5. Cambodia
6. Costa Rica
7. Dominican Republic
8. Egypt
9. El Salvador
10. Ethiopia
11. Ghana
12. Guatemala
13. Haiti
14. Honduras
15. India
16. Indonesia
17. Kenya
18. Lesotho
19. Mali
20. Nepal
21. Nicaragua
22. Nigeria
23. Pakistan
24. Panama
25. Peru
26. Philippines
27. Romania
28. South Africa
29. Tanzania
30. Thailand
31. Togo
32. Uganda
33. Zambia

Appendix A: Child Labor Data Methodology
Appendix B: Detailed Tables
Appendix C: Table of Ratifications and ILO Membership
Appendix D ILO Convention No. 138 on Minimum Age for Employment
Appendix E: ILO Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labor
Appendix F: List of Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) Publications on Child Labor

This report was prepared under the direction of Thomas B. Moorhead, Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs, Michael Magan and Jorge Perez-Lopez, Associate Deputy Under Secretaries for International Affairs and Maureen Jaffe and Marcia Eugenio, Co-Directors of the International Child Labor Program. Coordination of the report was by Charita Castro and Kevin Willcutts and the writing, editing, research was done together with the International Child Labor Program staff, Maya Bhullar, Chris Camillo, Meghan Cronin, Krista Desgranges, Sonia Firpi, Sharon Heller, Sherin Khan, Carla Komich, Marie E. Ledan, Eileen Muirragui, Cortney Oren, Michael Orona, Eileen Pennington, Veronica Puente-Duany, Deepa Ramesh, Vivita Rozenbergs, Ben Smith, Ami Thakkar, and Mirellise Vazquez.

Other staff of the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy and the Office of the Solicitor who made major contributions include: Laura Buffo, Sylvio Gonzalez, James A. Greene, Sue Hahn, Alfreda Johnson, Jennifer Kaerasora, Selene Ko, Matt Levin, Viondette Lopez, E.J. Murtagh, Martha Newton, Tanya Rasa, Patricia Requeno, Carlos Romero, Nikki Sayres, Gregory K. Schoepfle, Robert Shepard, Stephanie Swirsky, Karen Travis, Diane Ward, Bob Zachariasiewicz, and Anne Zollner. Department of Labor officials also received significant assistance from labor reporting officers, labor attaches, and other officials in U.S. embassies and consulates abroad.

This report was published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs. Copies of this and other reports in ILAB’s child labor series may be obtained by contacting the International Child Labor Program, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-5307, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 693-4843; Fax: (202) 693-4830; Email: GlobalKids@dol.gov. The reports are available on the Internet at: http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/reports/pubs_reports_ilab.htm.