Authors:

  • Akshay Mangla

Excerpt

Understanding Child Labor in India. Akshay Mangla, Summer 2009, Paper. "In this era of globalization, few issues facing developing countries attract the same amount of popular attention as child labor. One need not look far to find heart wrenching images in the media of children at work, stitching soccer balls in Pakistan, mining for diamonds in Uganda, or picking coffee beans in Guatemala. Beyond these images, however, we know relatively little about the nature and extent of child labor. The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates that 218 million children..." Link