Child Labour: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Participatory Research, Planning and Evaluation Process in Nepal Summary Results: Participatory Action Research
(IDS, 2019-08-13)This report was produced by the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) and Action Aid Nepal. It is an output of the programme ‘Planning, learning, monitoring and evaluation activities for the South East Nepal Hotspot’. ... -
Participatory Statistics to Measure Prevalence in Bonded Labour Hotspots in Tamil Nadu: 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 ...