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Technical Cooperation Project Summary

Project Title

Statistical Information and Monitoring Program on Child Labor in Ghana

ILAB Program

International Child Labor Technical Assistance/Statistical Information and Monitoring Program on Child Labor (SIMPOC)

Region/Country

AFRICA/Ghana

Project Duration

September 2000 – August 2003

Fiscal Year & Funding Level

FY1999: $397,617

Problem to be Addressed

Lack of standardized data in Ghana to support effective interventions against child labor.

Project Objectives

Development Objective: The program will contribute to the collection of reliable data to support effective interventions against child labor.

  • At the end of the program, quantitative and qualitative data on child labor will have been produced, processed, analyzed and disseminated.

Summary of Activities

Research design: Module of quarterly labor force survey.

  • Obtain comprehensive national statistical data and establish a database on child labor;
  • Analyze data and determine priority target groups, patterns, conditions and effects of work, and the extent of child labor; and
  • Enhance Ghana Statistical Service’s ability to produce and analyze child labor data.

Partner Organizations

Implementing Agency
International Labor Organization’s International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC)

Collaborating Agencies
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS); Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare (MESW); The National Commission on Children.

Contact Information

Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking

(202) 693-4843