Based on interviews with 1,007 children aged 5 to 17 working in Lebanese territory and 174 household visits
Analyses the general situation and main determinants of child labour in Lebanon, highlights advances in legislative and procedural reform and calls for further harmonization with international standards and better enforcement of existing national laws.
The paper presents a descriptive overview of the association between work involvement and schooling for five countries. It also examines causal links between work involvement and school by using regression analyses. The countries included in the analysis are Brazil, Kenya, Turkey, Lebanon and Sri Lanka.
This study explores the topic of gender, education and child labour in Lebanon. Chapter 1 tackles general and specific issues related to child labour.