Socio-economic Determinants of Child Labour

Child labour is a source of income for poor families. Children's work is considered essential to maintain the economic level of households, either in the form of work for wages, of help in household enterprises or of household chores in order to free adult household members for economic activity elsewhere. Unemployment, inadequate income of parents is directly related to poverty. Though poverty is cited as the major cause of child labour, it is not the only determinant. This book is a response to the need for comprehensive and practical information on planning and carrying out action against child labour. It is designed to assist governments, employers' and workers' organizations, non-governmental organizations. and all those who wish to contribute to the elimination of child labour. The book addresses the strategies, instruments, methodologies and information necessary to plan and carry out effective action. It makes it clear that comprehensive approaches are required for sustained success. This book will be highly useful to academic people, anthropologists, policy makers. NGOs, research students, and development agencies, interested in studying the growing problems of child labour.