IPECInternational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Data collection, research and analysis on child labour: The ILO/IPEC experience

2011 US-DOL Grantee Workshop

Washington DC, 1 June 2011

IPECInternational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

This presentation will …

…highlight the aims of IPEC’s research programme

…present the SIMPOC survey programme and its instruments

…emphasize the importance of the inter-agency UCW project for IPEC’s research architecture

… introduce key lines of research and their output

…discuss research projects currently underway and future priority areas

IPECInternational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

IPEC has a long-standing and multi-layered research programme

• Data collection / SIMPOC

• Policy-oriented research

• Intervention-oriented research

• Impact assessments / evaluation

IPECInternational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Global Action Plan and Roadmap: The 2016 target

• Data and research to support accelerated action against WFCL

• Focus on hazardous work; agriculture and Africa• Closing the knowledge gap on specific worst

forms• Linking up with work on education, social

protection and youth employment

IPECInternational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Central aims and features

IPEC data collection, research and analysis programmeIPEC data collection, research and analysis programme

• Provides empirical evidence and analysis to shape sound policy development

• Facilitates project identification and the setting up of interventions against child labour

• Driven by constituent demand

• Responds to call on ILO in Global Action Plan and Hague Roadmap

IPECInternational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Sound child labour data help us…

• assess the nature and extent of child labour

• set targets and priorities in the fight against child labour

• increase public awareness

• develop appropriate policies, programmes and legislation

IPECInternational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

SIMPOC

Statistical Information and Monitoring Statistical Information and Monitoring Programme on Child LabourProgramme on Child Labour

• Established in 1998• Statistical arm of the ILO’s International Programme on

the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)• Assists countries in collecting data on extent,

characterististics and determinants of child labour• Active in more than 70 countries• More than 350 surveys to date; 80+ national household

surveys on child labour• Guided by ICLS Resolution

IPECInternational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

SIMPOC Activity Range

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SIMPOC Surveys

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IPEC-SIMPOC Main Child Labour (CL) Data Collection Approaches .. 2

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IPEC-SIMPOC Main Child Labour (CL) Data Collection Approaches .. 3

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IPEC-SIMPOC Main Child Labour (CL) Data Collection Approaches .. 4

IPECInternational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

IPEC-SIMPOC Main Child Labour (CL) Data Collection Approaches .. 5

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SIMPOC National Child Labour SurveysSIMPOC National Child Labour Surveys

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Follow-up National Child Labour SurveysFollow-up National Child Labour Surveys

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SIMPOC national child labour surveys in Africa

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Follow-up NCLS in Africa

IPECInternational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Key outputs

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• Analytical reports and working papers• Policy-oriented papers• Global reports• Manuals / toolkits / textbooks

IPECInternational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Examples of research recently concluded

• Forced labour: quantification exercises at the national level

• Trafficking and CSEC: Development of quantification tools

• Conflict & child labour: assessing the impact of conflict and post-conflict situations on child labour levels and characteristics

IPECInternational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Examples of research recently concluded

• Hazardous work of children and its health impact (to be released at World Day 2011)

• Global estimate of child domestic work

• Child labour country trends in LAC

IPECInternational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Research currently underway….

• Global economic crisis: How has it impacted child labour?

• National-level studies on the cost of eliminating the WFCL

• Inter-agency country level policy appraisals• How to measure and build indicators for

hazardous unpaid HH services• Global estimation exercise of child labour

induced injuries and illnesses

IPECInternational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Research currently underway….

• Finetuning our knowledge on CL in agriculture: Towards activity and crop-based data

• Child labour and education: The impact of work on retention; work status of out-of-school children

IPECInternational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Priority areas for future research

• The role of social protection (beyond cash transfers) in reducing CL

• Estimating the “Global Burden”of CL related injuries and illnesses

• Impact of migration flows on child labour• Early labour entry and youth employment

outcomes• Child labour policy challenges in SSA• Child labour impact evaluations

IPECInternational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

www.ilo.org/childlabour