Since 2008, STRIVE and the CPC Network (see inset) have engaged in research, implementation, and evaluation of economic strengthening programs intended to positively affect the lives of children in adversity. In 2011, the CPC Network published “The Impacts of Economic Strengthening on Children: A Review of the Evidence,” which reviewed 43 impact studies and methodically documented the known impacts of economic strengthening programs on the wellbeing of children (0-18 years) in crisis contexts in low-income countries. STRIVE has experience implementing, monitoring and evaluating economic strengthening projects that aim to improve the wellbeing of vulnerable children and youth in Afghanistan, Liberia, Mozambique and the Philippines. STRIVE’s research agenda includes two rigorous mixed-method impact evaluations of household and child-level outcomes associated with economic strengthening programs in Mozambique (village savings and loan associations and a rotating labor scheme) and Liberia (strengthening of the horticulture value chain and smallholder rice farming). Analysis is underway, and results will be shared in 2014.
Posts in category Monitoring & Enforcement
Tripartite Structure to Combat Child Labour – ILO
ILOs Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV), has been involved in issues concerning environmentally sustainable development and child labour for many years – through supporting trade unionists to develop and to implement their own policies and action plans. Child labour is a vast and complex area, and many different groups are engaged in the elimination of child labour, and there are a large number of publications on the subject.
Toolkit to Address Child Labor in the Agricultural Sector in Egypt
The overall objective of this toolkit is to improve conditions for working children by increasing awareness and understanding of child labour issues in Egypt and providing practical guidance on how to identify and respond to child labour acting always in the best interests of the child. It also aims to encourage Egyptian companies to develop and discuss generic and industry specific solutions to the management and prevention of child labour.
The Tripartite Process of Determining Hazardous Child Labour (ILO-IPEC)
Hazardous work is one of the four ‘worst forms of child labour’. It is also the largest, by far, and accounts for many thousands of young lives cut short or damaged to such an extent that they can never reach their full potential. In 2010, over 100 million children, age 5–17, were still caught in hazardous child labour. The Guide has been developed to aid countries in taking a key step toward protecting young people from hazardous work by determining what work is to be prohibited due to the danger it poses to their physical, psychological, or moral health… commonly called, the “hazardous child labour list”.
The Regulatory Framework of the Informal Economy Labour Administration- Overcoming challenges in reaching the informal economy (ILO)
Since the topic of labour administration is very broad and covers all aspects of national public administration of the labour environment, this brief acts as a chapeau to several other briefs. It provides a discussion of the challenges facing labour administration in reaching the multitude of workers and entrepreneurs in the informal economy. Good practices and emerging approaches are discussed in specific areas of labour administration throughout the Policy Resource Guide
The Regulatory Framework of the Informal Economy Labour Administration- Innovations in Outreach (ILO)
Labour inspectorates have a key role to play in enabling those in the informal economy to be effectively protected by labour law where laws exist. Labour inspectorates confront huge challenges in reaching the informal economy. The myriad of micro and small enterprises; the complex layers of subcontracting characteristic of many global value chains; an increasing variety of employment contracts and relationships; the sheer geographical scale of rural work, the clandestine nature of forced labour and child labour; and the ‘invisible’ forms of work in female dominated sectors such as domestic work and homework that take place in private homes, are just some of the difficulties faced by labour inspectorates. They may also be plagued by internal problems including limited numbers of inspectors, poorly paid staff, lack of training and capacity, lack of resources and vulnerability to corruption. Despite these challenges countries have been exploring ways in which labour inspectorates can reach the informal economy. Education and advisory services, participatory approaches and partnerships have been amongst the measures which have been particularly effective.
The Prevention and Eradication of Child Labour (Brazil) – ILO
The existence of an efficient labour inspection system, capable of facing the challenges of an increasingly complex and changing society and productive system is a central element for the promotion of decent work. A properly functioning inspection system is vital for guaranteeing the effective enforcement of labour legislation and the protection of workers. Labour inspection increases the effectiveness of labour and employment policies, contributing to social inclusion through work and, consequently, broadening citizenship. Labour inspectors are agents of the State who work with the concrete and quotidian reality of labour relations and conditions, directly contributing to the promotion of decent work for all.
The Good Practices of Labour Inspection in Brazil- The prevention and eradication of child labor (ILO 2010)
The existence of an efficient labour inspection system, capable of facing the challenges of an increasingly complex and changing society and productive system is a central element for the promotion of decent work. A properly functioning inspection system is vital for guaranteeing the effective enforcement of labour legislation and the protection of workers. Labour inspection increases the effectiveness of labour and employment policies, contributing to social inclusion through work and, consequently, broadening citizenship. Labour inspectors are agents of the State who work with the concrete and quotidian reality of labour relations and conditions, directly contributing to the promotion of decent work for all.
Sampling Elusive Populations- Applications to studies of child labor (ILO 2013)
The present publication has a dual function. It complements the earlier volume on Sampling for household-based surveys of child labour also prepared by Vijay Verma within the framework of the ILO Statistical Information and Monitoring Programme on Child Labour (SIMPOC). While the earlier volume dealt with sampling issues in conventional, broad-based household surveys, the present volume deals with nonstandard issues involved in the sample design of child labour in targeted sectors and activities, such child street vendors or child domestic workers.
Resolution II Concerning Statistics of Child Labour – ILO 2008
This resolution aims to set standards for the collection, compilation and analysis of national child labour statistics, to guide countries in updating their existing statistical system in this field, or to establish such a system. The standards should also help to facilitate the international comparability of child labour statistics by minimizing methodological differences across countries.