Transcription of CHILD LABOR: ISSUES, CAUSES AND INTERVENTIONS*
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CHILD labor : ISSUES, CAUSES AND interventions * HCOWP 56 by Faraaz Siddiqi Harry Anthony Patrinos *Human Resources and Operations Policy Department and Education and Social Policy Department. The authors are indebted to David Brat, Sarbani Chakraborty, Amit Dar, Bruce Herrick, Kari Marble, Minh Chau Nguyen and George Psacharopoulos for comments on an earlier draft. Abstract CHILD labor is a pervasive problem throughout the world, especially in developing countries. Africa and Asia together account for over 90 percent of total CHILD employment. CHILD labor is especially prevalent in rural areas where the capacity to enforce minimum age requirements for schooling and work is lacking. Children work for a variety of reasons, the most important being poverty and the induced pressure upon them to escape from this plight. Though children are not well paid, they still serve as major contributors to family income in developing countries. Schooling problems also contribute to CHILD labor , whether it be the inaccessibility of schools or the lack of quality education which spurs parents to enter their children in more profitable pursuits.
CHILD LABOR: ISSUES, CAUSES AND INTERVENTIONS* HCOWP 56 by Faraaz Siddiqi Harry Anthony Patrinos *Human Resources and Operations Policy Department and …
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