U.S. Department of Labor

Please RSVP by email to Ellen Lupinski of DTI Associates by Thursday, April 6
elupinski@dtihq.com

Symposium to Include:
"The Potential of Alternative Income Generation to Affect Participation in Worst Forms of Child Labor: Evidence from Ragpickers, Porters, and Child Domestics in Nepal."
Eric Edmonds, Dartmouth College.

"Microcredit and Business Development Services against Child Labor in Rural and Marginal Urban Peru."
Dean S. Karlan, Yale University, and Martin Valdivia, GRADE.

"Can Capital Investment Relieve Children from Labor? Consequences of Poverty Alleviation Program in Indonesia."
Chikako Yamauchi, The Australian National University.

"Physical and Mental Health Aspects of Rehabilitating Children Freed from Slavery with focus on Haiti, India, Ivory Coast and Togo."
Judy Hyde and Kevin Bales, Free the Slaves.

"Child Porters of Nepal: A Comparative Health Study."
Earl Wall, Johns Hopkins University, and Staff from Porters Progress-Nepal.

and

A Round Table Discussion on Non-Formal Education and its Impact on the Worst Forms of Child Labor
Chaired by Eileen Muiragui, US Department of Labor
with lead speaker Furio Rosati, the Understanding Children’s Work Project

The goals of this research project are to further the knowledge base on working children and to inform the design of programs by linking theory and practice. In addition to the prepared papers, a special round table discussion on non-formal education (NFE) programs will be held at the symposium. Symposium participants, including NFE practitioners, researchers, discussants, and others will be invited to engage in a directed conversation that will: (1) identify the research needs of NFE practitioners, and (2) identify ways that these research questions can be addressed.

Additional information on the projects and the overall research program may be found by navigating through this website.