Publications

April 2013

1. World Report on Child Labour: Economic vulnerability, social protection and the fight against child labour - Executive Summary

   How can we reduce child labour in the less favourable circumstances of a global economic slowdown?

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   Report on Child Labour

   How can we reduce child labour in the less favourable circumstances of a global economic slowdown?

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   Social perception about child labour – 2011 National Survey of Mexico

   This research summarizes the results of a survey undertaken in Mexico in order to collect information statistically representative about the perceptions of the adult population in terms of child labour.

January 2013

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   Report on the National Child Labour Survey 2010 of Lao PDR

   The Report on the National Child Labour Survey 2010 of Lao PDR provides many useful insights into the child labour situation of Lao PDR. It examines in detail various aspects of child labour, including its demographic and educational implications, the economic and non-economic activities children engage in, hazardous forms of child labour, children working in the informal sector and migrant child workers, by age groups, sex and locality.

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   Working children in the Republic of Yemen: The results of the 2010 National Child Labour Survey

   The 2010 National Child Labour Survey was designed to provide indicators on three main aspects of children’s lives: economic activity, schooling and unpaid household services. The survey covered 9,571 households containing 67,617 individuals, 23,535 of whom were children between 5 and 17 years of age.

November 2012

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   Towards ending child labour in Zambia: An assessment of resource requirements

   The Inter-Agency Report provides an overview of the child labour situation in the country and how it is changing over time, building on and updating the results of the comprehensive Country Report on child labour published in 2009.

May 2012

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   Nepal child labour report based on data drawn from the Nepal Labour Force Survey 2008

   This report is the first statistical report in Nepal utilizing large-scale survey data. It is based on the data collected through the Nepal Labour Force Survey 2008 and it provides essential statistics for monitoring the child labour situation in the country.

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   Working Children in Egypt: Results of the 2010 National Child Labour Survey

March 2012

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   Pilot Survey 2010: Working Children in Dry Fish Industry in Bangladesh

   To undertake this survey, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and ILO-IPEC with other stakeholders jointly identified the Dry Fish Industry located in selected five coastal districts of the Bay of Bengal. The aim of the survey was to investigate the forced labour of children and its measurement on the basis of certain indicators such as unfree recruitment, work imposed, freedom of work, dependency, coercion/ penalty etc. in line with ILO Conventions C 29 and C 105.

2. Kenya labour market survey for older children withdrawn from worst forms of child labour: Kitui district report

   This report details key findings of a labour market survey for youth in age range 15-17 years, in Kitui Central District, Kenya. The survey sought to understand the situation of the older children and youth and consequently carry out a labour market assessment with a focus on this target group.