Ressources

This article examines the impacts of two large-scale cash transfer programmes in Malawi and Zambia on child labour. Both programmes increased children’s exposure to work in agriculture that may be harmful to them, yet resulted in positive impacts on children’s school attendance and material well-being. The results demonstrate some of the complex effects of increasing incomes in agricultural areas.

This ICI review analyses current due diligence and transparency legislation through the lens of the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights (UNGPs).

The U.S. Department of Labor’s annual report on the Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor assesses progress made in the global fight against child labor. The 2018 report includes country specific summaries for Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, among others.

This Fair Labor Association brief focuses on international standards, frameworks and best practices for identifying and eradicating forced labor in supply chains.

Measurement of child labor is critical for our understanding of its determinants and conditions, and for the design of social protection programs and policy. This study reports the findings of three survey design experiments implemented across Fairtrade coffee households in rural Ethiopia in three different agricultural seasons.