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Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA) is a consortium of organisations committed to building a strong evidence base and generate innovative solutions to the worst forms of child labour (WFCL). Together we will explore how to take these to scale and work towards the desired end impact of a decrease in the number of children in the WFCL in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal.
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Mapping of Slums and Identifying Children Engaged in Worst Forms of Child Labour Living in Slums and Working in Neighbourhood Areas
(Institute of Development Studies, 2022-04-29)The National Child Labour Survey 2013 estimated that Bangladesh is home to 3.45 million working children, including 1.28 million engaged in hazardous labour. Low commitment from the Ministry of Labour and Employment to ... -
Capacity Development in a Participatory Adaptive Programme: the Case of the Clarissa Consortium
(Institute of Development Studies, 2022-04-25)Doing development differently rests on deliberate efforts to reflect and learn, not just about what programmes are doing and achieving, but about how they are working. This is particularly important for an action research ... -
Advocating for Change in Nepal’s Adult Entertainment Sector
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07-29)The United Nations Human Rights Council has a powerful role to play in addressing the worst forms of child labour. Accountability mechanisms such as the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) – which work to support Member States ... -
Urban Neighbourhood Dynamics and the Worst Forms of Child Labour
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07-26)While the worst forms of child labour (WFCL) is not only an urban phenomenon, evidence suggests that WFCL emerges in cities in unique ways due to the complex structures and dynamics of urban systems. This report, therefore, ... -
Supply Chains, the Informal Economy, and the Worst Forms of Child Labour
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07-26)As a cohort of people, ‘children in work’ have become critical to the everyday functioning of diverse supply chain systems. This Working Paper considers diverse commodity chains (leather, waste, recycling and sex) to explore ... -
How Does Participatory Action Research Generate Innovation? Findings from a Rapid Realist Review
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07-23)This Emerging Evidence Report shares evidence of how, for whom, and under what circumstances, Participatory Action Research (PAR) leads to innovative actions. A rapid realist review was undertaken to develop programme ... -
Mapping of Children Engaged in the Worst Forms of Child Labour in the Supply Chain of the Leather Industry in Bangladesh
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07-15)This mapping of children in the worst forms of child labour (WFCL) in the leather sector of Bangladesh was conducted in May–August 2020. WFCL are not always obvious and, without better understanding of where, why and how ... -
Designing a Participatory Programme at Scale: Phases 1 and 2 of the CLARISSA Programme on Worst Forms of Child Labour
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07-08)CLARISSA (Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia) is a large-scale Participatory Action Research programme which aims to identify, evidence, and promote effective multi-stakeholder action ... -
Bonded: Life Stories from Agricultural Communities in South-Eastern Nepal
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-06-17)In the Terai region of South-Eastern Nepal, there persists a form of agricultural bonded labour called Harwa-Charwa, rooted in agricultural feudal social relations. The Terai has a long and dynamic political history with ... -
Exposing the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Bangladesh’s Leather Sector
(Institute of Development Studies, 2021-02-16)As one of the country’s biggest employers and its second largest exporter, the leather sector is big business in Bangladesh. But it is also in crisis. A dramatic decrease in the global demand for leather since COVID-19 has ... -
Modern Slavery Prevention and Responses in Myanmar: An Evidence Map
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-11-24)This Emerging Evidence Report describes the availability of evidence on modern slavery interventions in Myanmar presented in the programme's interactive Evidence Map. This report on Myanmar uses the same methodology and ... -
Children’s Engagement with Exploitative Work in Dhaka, Bangladesh
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-11-06)Despite decades of interventions aiming to reduce child labour, children’s engagement with exploitative work remains widespread, particularly in South Asia. Emerging evidence about cash transfer programmes point towards ... -
Towards Ethical Good Practice in Cash Transfer Trials and their Evaluation
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-07-02)Although cash transfers are now widely used within development and social policy, there is still limited discussion over how (and indeed whether) cash transfer trials and research on them can respect ethical standards. ... -
Evaluating CLARISSA: Innovation Driven by a Participatory Learning Agenda
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-06-25)Children end up in child labour as a result of many, often unknown or hidden, interactions between multiple actors and multiple factors within households, communities, and labour systems, leading to unpredictable outcomes ... -
Addressing Informal Labour Intermediaries in the Context of Child Labour: Evidence Review Across Nepal, Bangladesh, and Myanmar
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-06-23)This Emerging Evidence Report gathers and analyses evidence on informal labour intermediaries (ILIs) involved in facilitating the worst forms of child labour in three countries – Bangladesh, Nepal, and Myanmar. More ... -
Social Norms and Supply Chains: A Focus on Child Labour and Waste Recycling in Hlaing Tharyar, Yangon, Myanmar
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-06-16)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. ... -
Social Norms, Labour Intermediaries, and Trajectories of Minors in Kathmandu’s Adult Entertainment Industry
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-06-11)In Nepal, the adult entertainment sector (AES) is perceived as a high-risk environment for children where sexual exploitation is known to occur. The AES is made up of a diverse range of venues that includes restaurants, ... -
Interventions to Combat High-Interest Informal Moneylending
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-05-28)This Emerging Evidence Report acknowledges that high-interest informal moneylending can serve a useful purpose in developing countries, helping those without the means to access credit from formal financial institutions. ... -
Participatory Research, Planning and Evaluation Process in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar Hotspots Summary Results: Participatory Action Research
(IDS, 2019-08-13)IDS and Praxis supported eleven action research groups in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The groups identified their research enquiries based on a joint analysis of the life stories at the Collective Story Analysis workshop 13–16 ... -
Participatory Statistics to Measure Prevalence in Bonded Labour Hotspots in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar: Findings of the Base- and EndLine Study
(IDS, 2019-08-13)This report documents the findings of the Institute of Development Studies’(IDS) and its partner, Praxis Institute for Participatory Practices’, programme of research, learning and evaluation of the Freedom Fund funded ...
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