Acknowledgments

This report was prepared under the direction of Andrew J. Samet, Deputy UnderSecretary for International Labor Affairs (ILAB). The writing, editing, research and coordination of the report was done by the staff of the International Child Labor Program, Sonia A. Rosen, Maureen Jaffe, Maureen McGarr Pettis and Anjali Kataria as well as by Marcia M. Eugenio and Jorge Perez-Lopez of ILAB's Office of International Economic Affairs. Other staff of the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, the Office of the Solicitor, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Employment Standards Administration - Wage and Hour Division (New York Regional Office) the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, and the Office of Public Affairs who made major contributions include: Gabriela Araujo, Kelly W. Bryant II, Elizabeth H. Chua, Carrie Cyphert, Howard (Ron) Dobson, Joyce Fox, Thelma Hackley, Brenda Hoffman, Angelique Larsen, Matthew P. Levin, Hung-Hung (Helen) Li, A. Michaela Meehan, Mark A. Mittelhauser, Terry M. O'Malley, Jim Park, Catalina Ruiz-Healy, Gregory K. Schoepfle, James W. Shea, Robert C. Shelburne, Shirley J. Smith, Ken Swinnerton, Karen F. Travis, Diane Ward, Robert D. Wholey, Barton S. Widom, and Bob Zachariasiewicz. In addition, Department of Labor officials received significant assistance from labor reporting officers and labor attaches in U.S. embassies and consulates abroad.

This report is published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs. Copies of this or 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, Rm. S-5303, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20210. Tel: (202) 208-4843; Fax: (202) 219-4923. The reports are available on the Internet via World-Wide Web: http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/iclp/

Other publications in ILAB's child labor series include:

1. By the Sweat and Toil of Children (Volume I): The Use of Child Labor in U.S. Manufactured and Mined Imports (1994).

2. By the Sweat and Toil of Children (Volume II): The Use of Child Labor in U.S. Agricultural Imports & Forced and Bonded Child Labor (1995).

3. The Apparel Industry and Codes of Conduct: A Solution to the International Child Labor Problem? (1996) [also referred to as "By the Sweat and Toil of Children (Volume III)"].

4. Forced Labor: The Prostitution of Children (1996) [Symposium Proceedings].