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Technical Cooperation Project Summary

Project Title

Priority Research to Support the Implementation of ILO Convention No. 182

Region/Country

GLOBAL

Project Duration

September 2002 – June 2007

Fiscal Year & Funding Level

FY2002: $2,330,230

Problem to be Addressed

Child labor research is a relatively new field and many information gaps need to be filled, particularly regarding the worst forms of child labor.

Project Objectives
  • Increase the knowledge base on child labor by filling gaps in the difficult to research areas of child labor;
  • Increase world-wide awareness of child labor and its causes and consequences;
  • Promotion of good policy practices and program development strategies for the successful implementation of ILO Conventions No. 182 and 138.

Summary of Activities
  • Conduct study on child labor and school attendance and performance;
  • Conduct economic study on child labor wages and productivity levels;
  • Conduct study on mechanisms of forced and bonded child labor (Niger, Ghana, Haiti, Pakistan);
  • Develop IPEC working paper series on topics of rising importance;
  • Perform good policy practice review and produce manual;
  • Concept paper on targeting the intolerable forms of child labor.

Grantee

International Labor Organization
International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC)

Implementing Partners

Reputable international and national research institutions

Contact Information

Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking
(202) 693-4843