According to the International Labor Organization, 120 million children work full-time worldwide. Virtually all live in poor countries. Legislation has been passed to ban child labor, but it is not enforced or does not address the root causes of the practices such as low income and the opportunity costs of a child's attending school rather than contributing to household income. "A Four-Country Comparative Study of Child Labor" by Christiaan Grootaert...
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2002/09/01
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Child labor in Bolivia and Colombia
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child labor
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Harry Anthony Patrinos, and Christiaan Grootaert.
Child labor in Bolivia and Colombia (English). En breve ; no. 9 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/577531468768286797