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This report by ILO and UNICEF provides an overview of the latest research on social protection and child labour. Key messages: Providing families with direct assistance can help alleviate the stressors linked to poverty and vulnerability that underlie the use of child labour. Carefully designed, social protection systems can help reduce child labour as part of an integrated set of policy measures. Many countries have adopted and strengthened their social protection systems in recent years, but global coverage is still too low. Many social protection systems are not designed to cover children

This study examines the impacts of an unconditional cash transfer programme on cocoa-growing households in Ghana. The pilot project, set up as a randomized control trial, aimed to test whether cash transfers can help reduce hazardous child labour. It also examines what other impacts cash transfers have on children and their families in this context.

This infographic summarises key findings from a study to examine the impacts of an unconditional cash transfer programme on cocoa-growing households in Ghana. The pilot project was set up as a randomized control trial to test whether cash transfers can help reduce hazardous child labour. Read the report: Cash transfers, resilience and child labour in Ghana Download the infographic:

The Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2017/18 was conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service in partnership with government bodies, such as the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Education Service, and with technical support from the United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Conducted by Global Affairs Canada, in partnership with UNICEF, this report examines Ghana's child protection system and provides recommendations for improvement.