The Policy Analysis of Child Labor: A Comparative Study - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312221223 ISBN 13: 9780312221225

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999

Synopsis

The Policy Analysis of Child Labor examines the conditions which lead to child labor in Bolivia, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, and the Philippine and uses the findings to recommend a new policy approach toward its eradication. The researchers found that many children's days involve both work and schooling, so many of the current policy approaches, such as bans on child labor, are not optimal because they view child work and schooling as mutually exclusive alternatives. Instead, a gradual policy approach in two phases would be more effective. This policy would begin by increasing legal and social protection for working children and adding school time to child work routines, then would shift the work-school combination toward schooling only. Their policy also calls for joint provision of support to home enterprises and enrollment incentives--especially for girls. The Policy of Analysis of Child Labor is a meticulous study of a major human rights issue with far-reaching policy implications.

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About the Author

Christiaan Grootaert is Senior Economist in the Social Development Department of the World Bank.

Harry Anthony Patrinos is an economist with the Human Development Network of the World Bank.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312221223
• ISBN 13: 9780312221225
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 168
• Editor: Grootaert Christiaan, Patrinos Harry Anthony