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ILO action against child labour. (International Labor Organization)

Publication: Economic Review
Date: Friday, May 1 1998

The National Survey is an example of ILO/IPEC assistance in developing a sound database for the formulation of national programmes of action against child labour. Similar tailor-made surveys have been carried out in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Turkey and Thailand. Some 20 countries have indicated interest in cooperating with IPEC on data collection.

A Worldwide Movement against Child labour

In the past five years, ILO/IPEC has been building a global movement on child labour issue. Now, IPEC is turning its attention to building an

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