Understanding Children's Work : An Interagency Data and Research Cooperation Project

During the 1990s broad interest resurfaced among the public and policymakers on the subject of child labor, this time concentrating on the plight of children in the developing world. The children summit in New York (1990), the world summit on socia...

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Main Authors: Fyfe, Alec, Roselaers, Frans, Tzannatos, Zafiris, Rosati, Furio
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
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spelling okr-10986-171812021-04-23T14:03:29Z Understanding Children's Work : An Interagency Data and Research Cooperation Project Fyfe, Alec Roselaers, Frans Tzannatos, Zafiris Rosati, Furio ADVOCACY CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOR INTERVENTIONS CHILD LABOR ISSUES CHILD LABOUR CHILD PROTECTION CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD ECONOMICS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS IMPACT ASSESSMENTS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ON THE ELIMINATION OF CHILD LABOUR LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR RESEARCH LABOR STATISTICS LIVING STANDARDS OUTPUTS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE YOUTH YOUTH EMPLOYMENT During the 1990s broad interest resurfaced among the public and policymakers on the subject of child labor, this time concentrating on the plight of children in the developing world. The children summit in New York (1990), the world summit on social development in Copenhagen (1995), and the International Labour Organization (ILO) adoption of convention 182 on elimination of the worst forms of child labour (1999) are clear evidence of the increasing international concern. In several conferences leading up to the 1999 ILO convention (Geneva 1996, Amsterdam 1997, Cartagena 1997, and Oslo 1997), the same commitment to combat child labor was expressed, along with the need for closer cooperation between international organizations, a point emphasized especially in Oslo. With the adoption of the millennium development goals in 2000, the realization quickly grew that international and national efforts to address key developmental objectives will objectives will be hampered unless there are adequate data for measuring monitoring and managing results; sufficient capacity to use the data at the local level supplemented by technical assistance; donor harmonization of policies for setting global (rather than donor) priorities and exploring synergies among all stakeholders; and conditional on the previous three areas timely and relevant policy interventions. 2014-02-26T20:09:53Z 2014-02-26T20:09:53Z 2003-05 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/17742237/understanding-childrens-work-interagency-data-research-cooperation-project World Bank Economic Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17181 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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topic ADVOCACY
CHILD LABOR
CHILD LABOR INTERVENTIONS
CHILD LABOR ISSUES
CHILD LABOUR
CHILD PROTECTION
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
ECONOMICS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ON THE ELIMINATION OF CHILD LABOUR
LABOR ORGANIZATION
LABOR RESEARCH
LABOR STATISTICS
LIVING STANDARDS
OUTPUTS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
YOUTH
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
spellingShingle ADVOCACY
CHILD LABOR
CHILD LABOR INTERVENTIONS
CHILD LABOR ISSUES
CHILD LABOUR
CHILD PROTECTION
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
ECONOMICS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ON THE ELIMINATION OF CHILD LABOUR
LABOR ORGANIZATION
LABOR RESEARCH
LABOR STATISTICS
LIVING STANDARDS
OUTPUTS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
YOUTH
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
Fyfe, Alec
Roselaers, Frans
Tzannatos, Zafiris
Rosati, Furio
Understanding Children's Work : An Interagency Data and Research Cooperation Project
description During the 1990s broad interest resurfaced among the public and policymakers on the subject of child labor, this time concentrating on the plight of children in the developing world. The children summit in New York (1990), the world summit on social development in Copenhagen (1995), and the International Labour Organization (ILO) adoption of convention 182 on elimination of the worst forms of child labour (1999) are clear evidence of the increasing international concern. In several conferences leading up to the 1999 ILO convention (Geneva 1996, Amsterdam 1997, Cartagena 1997, and Oslo 1997), the same commitment to combat child labor was expressed, along with the need for closer cooperation between international organizations, a point emphasized especially in Oslo. With the adoption of the millennium development goals in 2000, the realization quickly grew that international and national efforts to address key developmental objectives will objectives will be hampered unless there are adequate data for measuring monitoring and managing results; sufficient capacity to use the data at the local level supplemented by technical assistance; donor harmonization of policies for setting global (rather than donor) priorities and exploring synergies among all stakeholders; and conditional on the previous three areas timely and relevant policy interventions.
format Journal Article
author Fyfe, Alec
Roselaers, Frans
Tzannatos, Zafiris
Rosati, Furio
author_facet Fyfe, Alec
Roselaers, Frans
Tzannatos, Zafiris
Rosati, Furio
author_sort Fyfe, Alec
title Understanding Children's Work : An Interagency Data and Research Cooperation Project
title_short Understanding Children's Work : An Interagency Data and Research Cooperation Project
title_full Understanding Children's Work : An Interagency Data and Research Cooperation Project
title_fullStr Understanding Children's Work : An Interagency Data and Research Cooperation Project
title_full_unstemmed Understanding Children's Work : An Interagency Data and Research Cooperation Project
title_sort understanding children's work : an interagency data and research cooperation project
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/17742237/understanding-childrens-work-interagency-data-research-cooperation-project
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17181
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