Publications

2008

  1. Prevention of child recruitment and reintegration of children associated with armed forces and groups: Strategic framework for addressing the economic gap

    05 June 2008

    This strategic framework offers guidance to those involved in addressing the economic aspects of child recruitment and reintegration of children associated with armed forces and groups. It brings together knowledge, lessons and good practices developed, tested and validated during the implementation of the ILO Inter-regional Programme on the Prevention and Reintegration of Children Involved in Armed Conflict.

  2. Combating child labour through education

    05 June 2008

    This booklet provides an overview of IPEC’s work on child labour related to education and to broader ILO concerns on training and skills development.

  3. Framework agreement of cooperation on immigration between the Kingdom of Spain and the Republic of Niger

    10 May 2008

  4. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Republic of Macedonia on the employment of seasonal workers

    30 April 2008

  5. Memorandum of Understanding in the areas of Labour and occupational training between the Government of the Nepal and the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain

    29 April 2008

  6. World of Work 62, April 2008 - Better business: Multinationals and Decent Work; Contracts in the cleaning industry; Child labour...

    15 April 2008

  7. Report on the African Regional Meeting to discuss the Draft Resolution on Child Labour Statistics (ICLS)

    30 March 2008

    Report on the African Regional Meeting to discuss the Draft Resolution on Child Labour Statistics (ICLS) held in Addis Ababa, 26-27 March 2008.

  8. Report I(B): Global Report under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

    12 March 2008

    Freedom of association in practice: Lessons learned

  9. SCREAM: A special module on HIV, AIDS and child labour

    10 March 2008

    This publication is a companion module to the SCREAM education pack. It is intended for use by educators to inform young people about HIV and AIDS and includes activities to increase awareness and understanding of related health, gender, family and child labour issues.

  10. Child labour wages and productivity: Results from demand-side surveys

    10 March 2008

    A new study from the ILO sets out to explore the possibility that, in some contexts at least, employers may actually have an economic incentive to hire children rather than adults. Demand side research on child labour is relatively underdeveloped while policies for combating child labour operate almost exclusively on the supply side of the market. Policies are designed to send children to school, not to work. This is important too. But the results of this study indicate that many children may be being pulled into the workforce due to incentives faced by employers. Data on wages and productivity of children and adults in two occupations in four countries - Ghana, India, the Philippines and Uganda - were gathered between 2004 and 2005. The results indicated that where demand-side incentives were a substantial driver for child labour, there was a case for specific demand-side policy to address them. The study discusses three approaches - participatory regulation, informal sector support and technical assistance. The study showed that systematic research on children's wages and productivity is possible and concluded that further research on demand-side incentives is essential if policies aimed at eliminating child labour are to be effective and appropriate.