Child Labor in Bangladesh: A Critical Appraisal of Harkin's Bill and the MOU-Type Schooling Program.(Memorandum of Understanding)(Statistical Data Included)

From: Journal of Economic Issues | Date: December 1, 1999| Author: Absar, Nur Uddin; Khanam, Rasheda; Rahman, Mohammad Mafizur | Copyright information

Child labor is a serious and growing problem in many parts of the world today. Working children suffer from significant growth deficits, they are affected by chronic occupational diseases in young adulthood, and they are deprived of their basic right to an education. According to estimates by the Bureau of Statistics of International Labor Organization (ILO), the number of working children between the ages of 5 and 14 is at least 120 million worldwide [ILO 1996, 3]. The overwhelming...

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