Research and Reports1 February 2007Literature review of child labourRead MoreThis comprehensive literature review of child labour summarises the literature on child time allocation, the types of work children participate in, the impact of work on schooling, health, and externalities associated with child work.
Research and Reports20 July 2006Pilot Labour Survey in Cocoa ProductionRead MoreIn 2006 Ghana's Ministry of Manpower, Youth & Employment in collaboration with COCOBOD, the Ministry of Manpower and Economic Planning and the World Cocoa Foundation undertook a pilot labour survey in cocoa production as a step towards addressing labour issues.- Research and Reports1 November 2005Child Labor in Ghana Cocoa Production: Focus Upon Agricultural Tasks, Ergonomic Exposures, and Associated Injuries and IllnessesRead MoreThis study set out to determine the occupational hazards experienced by children harvesting cocoa in western Ghana.
- Research and Reports1 June 2005The cocoa industry and child labourRead MoreThis article recounts the history of the international cocoa industry moving toward the acknowledgement of serious labour issues in the global cocoa supply chain, and then a public commitment to act to address the problems.
- Research and Reports22 August 2002Child Labor in the Cocoa Sector of West AfricaRead MoreThe primary strategic objectives of this study vis-à-vis child labor were to document the number of children working in the cocoa sector; their status with respect to origin, mode of recruitment (if hired labor), position in farm household, and school attendance; the conditions in which these children work; and the reasons for child labor in the cocoa sector.