Child labour: new and enduring forms from and African development policy perspective

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Title:	Child labour: new and enduring forms from and African development policy perspective
Editors:	Alila, Patrick O. Njoka, John Murimi
Year:	2009
Pages:	173
Language:	English
City of publisher:	Nairobi
Publisher:	International Labour Organisation (ILO), IPEC and the Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi (UON)
ISBN:	9966786074; 9789966786074
Geographic term:	Kenya
Subjects:	child labour labour policy
Abstract:	This collective volume offers a descriptive analysis of child labour as a contemporary global human development problem. It focuses on Kenya. Contributions: Child labour: a conceptual framework, emergent trends and policy directions, by John Murimi Njoka, John Kabutha Mugo & Paul K. Kamau; Commercial sex exploitation of children: policy action strategy in Kenya, by John Murimi Njoka; Education and child labour trends in Kenya, by John Kabutha Mugo; Vocational training: addressing child labour in Kenya, by Pius Mutuku Mutie; Child employees in micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Kenya: a focus on child labour problem and policy implications, by Geoffrey R. Njeru; Child participation in the elimination of child labour, by Roseanne N. Njiru & John Murimi Njoka; Conclusion: child labour and poverty, by Paulo K. Kamau and Patrick O. Alila. An appendix includes international and national legal instruments. [ASC Leiden abstract]