• Child labour

Child labour

As part of broader efforts to develop effective and long-term solutions to child labour, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank initiated in December 2000 the joint inter-agency research programme "Understanding Children's Work and its Impact", the UCW Project, based at the Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) in Florence, Italy. The UCW Project aims to address the crucial need for more and better data on child labourers.

This website contains the range of information stemming from UCW activities, and drawing from the range of existing information in ILO, UNICEF and the World Bank. Visitors are invited to access the child labour data sets, country statistics for detailed information on indicators of child labour and status of children for over 50 countries. The project database provides information on the agency interventions designed to promote child protection and combat child labour. Reports and analysis stemming from these statistics and other research activities can also be found on this site. Further research material can be referenced by accessing the future surveys, and child labour research.