1. 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:
Estimated number in ‘worst forms’: million
(2004)
Can this be positive for economic development?

2. Child Labour is a NEGATIVE force for economic development
Blacksmith apprentice, Afghanistan 2002

3. 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

4. Some More Facts… Children is not as productive as adults
Negative relationship between income and child labour
Shepherd, Bolivia

5. Labour Supply Children in labour force keep wages low
Coal collecting, Afghanistan 2002
Children in labour force keep wages low
Children out of the labour force increases wages

6. Human Capital Child labour perpetuates poverty and hinders development
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

7. Vicious Cycle of Child Labor Perpetuates Poverty
Conclusion
Construction Workers, India
Vicious Cycle of Child Labor Perpetuates Poverty

8. Thank you.
Garbage picker, Mexico     1996