Estimated number in

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Can this be positive for economic development?
Some Facts.

• Estimated number of child labourers 246 million

Electroplate worker, India     1993

• Under the age of 10 73 million

• Annual Deaths 22 000

• Estimated number in worst forms 8.4 million
• (2004)

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Child Labour is a NEGATIVE force for economic
development
Blacksmith apprentice, Afghanistan 2002
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Economic Development

• Increased availability of food, shelter and
  clothing
• Higher incomes, better education, better
  attention to human values
• People and nations free from servitude, the
  forces of ignorance and human misery

Metal worker, Morocco     1997
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Some More Facts

• Children is not as productive as adults
• Negative relationship between income and child
  labour

Shepherd, Bolivia
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Labour Supply
Coal collecting, Afghanistan 2002

• Children in labour force keep wages low
• Children out of the labour force increases wages

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Human Capital
Low Level Development Trap
Take off
Low Level Trap
Human Capital

• Child labour perpetuates poverty
• and hinders development
• Investment in human capital perpetuates long term
  sustainable development

Brick worker, Nepal      1995
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Conclusion
Construction Workers, India
Vicious Cycle of Child Labor Perpetuates Poverty
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Thank you.
Garbage picker, Mexico     1996