The project is exploring two key areas of innovation: a risk-based approach to identifying households using child labour; and direct income support to farming households, using mobile money.
The project includes a randomised control trial to evaluate the impact of cash transfers on child labour, school attendance and child well-being.
The project developed a model that correctly predicts child labour in 88% of cases.
702 farming households received cash transfers via mobile money over a six-month period.
The project includes a randomised control trial to evaluate the impact of cash transfers on child labour, school attendance and child well-being.
A risk model is being developed to predict whether households use child labour, using data that could be collected in farmer register.
The project is testing the impact of direct income support, in the form of cash transfers, on cocoa-farming households identified as at risk of child labour.
Nestlé is a Swiss multinational food and beverage company. It is the world’s leading nutrition, health and wellness company with over 2,000 brands worldwide.
Ecom is a global commodity trading and processing company specialising in coffee, cotton, and cocoa in major producing and consuming countries.
The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) governs Switzerland’s economic and labour market policy. SECO has supported several ICI projects.
