UCW COUNTRY REPORTS
Detailed analyses of the child labour phenomenon in specific country contexts.
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 Uganda Upcoming |
 Senegal 2007 |
 Cambodia 2006 |
 Guatemala 2003 |
 El Salvador 2003 |
 Yemen 2003 |
 Morocco 2003 |
 Nepal 2003 |
INTERACTIVE MAP
Country-specific statistics on child labour and related indicators.
CHILD LABOUR RESEARCH
UCW research reports: Downloadable reports and studies developed by the UCW Project.Child labour bibliography: Publications on child labour and related subjects, searchable by author, country and area of interest.
CHILD LABOUR DATA
UCW country statistics: Statistical tables on child labour, schooling and related indicators for over 80 countries.
Child labour survey datasets:Details on the contents and availability of survey datasets relating to child labour, organised by country, year, survey type and sampling unit.
ABOUT UCW
The International Labour Organisation (ILO), UNICEF and the World Bank initiated the inter-agency research project, Understanding Children's Work (UCW), in December 2000.
The UCW Project is guided by the Oslo Agenda for Action, unanimously adopted at the 1997 International Conference on Child Labour, which laid out global priorities in the fight against child labour.
The Oslo Agenda identified the need to improve data and information on child labour, and called for stronger international cooperation in efforts against child labour.
For further details on the UCW Project, see the Project information pamphlet and newsletter.
FEATURED UCW RESEARCH
Enfants mendiants dans la region de Dakar. Begging chilren are forced to spend large amounts of time on the street each day, and their living conditions are precarious. They are almost all under-nourished, reliant on a diet composed primarily of rice and bread. Read more...
Child labour as a response to shocks. In the absence of other risk mitigation instruments, households appear to use child workers as a buffer against the ill effects associated with exposure to negative shocks. The paper by Guarcello et al (2007) analyzes the effect of different shocks on household decisions concerning children's involvement in work and school in rural Cambodia. Read more...
Identifying child labourers: Country notes on child measurement.UCW is providing technical support to ILO in developing a resolution on child labour measurement for presentation to the 18th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS). In this framework, UCW prepared some technical notes, discussing the issues arising when attempting to identify a statistical measure for child labour in the specific country contexts. Read the Country notes...
Child labour in Angola. Based on the analysis of UNICEF's Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), the report examines the child labour phenomenon in Angola. The survey was carried out in 18 provinces of the country, covering 6,251 households and a total of 29,817 individuals. Read more...
UCW NEWSLETTER
Launched in June 2007, Understanding Children's Work Newsletter is designed to provide updates of project research, activities and events at regular intervals.
ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS
CALL FOR PAPER - Seminar on child labour, education and youth employment (Madrid, 11-12 September). The seminar, organized with the Instituto Figuerola (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), will present recent research on child labour and its linkages with education and youth employment outcomes. Read more...
UCW supports UNESCO's discussion forum Quality education to end exclusion.
Seminar on child labour, education and youth employment (Paris, 13-14 December 2007). Researchers from a variety of backgrounds presented their papers, leading to a stimulating discussion about child labour and its linkages with educational and youth employment outcomes. Read more...
Enfants mendiants dans la region de Dakar. The report was officially presented on 4th February 2008 in Dakar at the Centre africain d'étude supérieures. Read more...
UCW country statistics used in World Bank’s World Development Indicators 2007 and in the U.S. Department of Labor’s Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor(2005 and 2006 editions)