CHILD LABOUR
December 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL Labour Office (ILO) study claims the economic benefits of eliminating child labour would be US$5.1 trillion, seven times greater than the costs to developing countries. Improved education and health would boost incomes if the 246 million labouring children worldwide were in school. * http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/2003_12_investingchild.pdf
AN INTERNATIONAL Labour Office (ILO) study claims the economic benefits of eliminating child labour would be US$5.1 trillion, seven times greater than the costs to developing countries. Improved education and health would boost incomes if the 246 million labouring children worldwide were in school. * http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/2003_12_investingchild.pdf
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