Child Labor and Development : An Introduction
Long neglected by economists, child labor has experienced a sudden resurgence of interest as a subject of research and analysis since the mid-1990s. This is surprising at first glance, because the global incidence of child labor has been on the dec...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/17741989/child-labor-development-introduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17174 |
| Summary: | Long neglected by economists, child
labor has experienced a sudden resurgence of interest as a
subject of research and analysis since the mid-1990s. This
is surprising at first glance, because the global incidence
of child labor has been on the decline for several decades
now. What accounts for the increased interest? One factor is
the growing emphasis in the development literature on
poverty reduction, particularly among the most vulnerable
sections of the population, which includes children,
especially working children. Simultaneously, with the
heightened recognition of the importance of human capital
accumulation as a catalyst and perhaps even a prerequisite
for development, child labor is viewed as a major impediment
to economic progress. |
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