This Emerging Evidence Report examines the social norms, and the material and institutional factors that influence the employment of children in various forms of hazardous work in Hlaing Tharyar township, Yangon, Myanmar. In particular, it focuses on hazardous child labour in solid waste management in local communities and the roles of high-risk informal moneylending and labour intermediaries.
Funding
UK Department for International Development
History
Publisher
Institute of Development Studies
Citation
Constant, S.; Oosterhoff, P.; Oo, K.; Lay, E. and Aung, N. (2020) Social Norms and Supply Chains: A Focus on Child Labour and Waste Recycling in Hlaing Tharyar, Yangon, Myanmar, CLARISSA Emerging Evidence Report 2, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies