Standards & rights at work:
Child Labour - some progress but "could do better"

With regard to child labour, the importance of achieving progressive abolition is now widely understood at international level. This awareness is reflected in many developing countries by activities and programmes targeted at eliminating child labour. These global initiatives, combined with voluntary private initiatives (codes of conduct and labelling campaigns), have reduced the employment of children in the TCF industries, in particular in the formal sector. Nevertheless, these advances should not blind us to the fact that many children still work in the TCF industries, particularly under subcontracting arrangements in the informal sector and with homeworkers.