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This qualitative study, commissioned by ICI and conducted by Ipsos Limited-Ghana, evaluates the implementation and impact of community-based grievance mechanisms set up by ICI in 89 cocoa-growing communities in Ghana.

In this paper, authors evaluate two randomised livelihood intervention programs, aimed to reduce child labour, particularly in its most exploitative forms, in rural areas of Peru. The authors evaluate a livelihood intervention provided to farmers in Peru who use the labour of their children on their family farms, accompanied by an education intervention aimed at improving the quality of schools and an awareness-raising intervention.

This study carried out on behalf of the “Due Diligence Fund” (DDF) as part of the “Sustainable Agricultural Supply Chains Initiative” (SASI) and members of the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (GISCO) assessed the feasibility of a cross-company grievance mechanism in the cocoa sector in Côte d’Ivoire.

The 2024-2029 Framework of Action was developed by the Child Labor in Cocoa Coordinating Group (CLCCG) whose members include the cocoa and chocolate industry as represented by the World Cocoa Foundation, the governments of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, and the United States Department of Labor.

Data from children suggest that the prevalence of child labour in the cocoa industry in Côte d’Ivoire is a worrying 38%. However, while surveying children has the potential to reduce sensitivity biases such as social desirability bias, it presents significant ethical dilemmas and may also be associated with other reporting biases, making accurate estimates of child labour difficult. To address this, this study collected data from 1741 cocoa producers to assess whether parents could provide more accurate estimates using indirect survey methods. Authors compared direct questioning with a list