Child Labor in Cotton Fields Study

(Challenges)

Childlaborincottonfieldswaslinkedtohouseholdeconomicpressure,withmanychildrenhelpingparentsaspartofhouseholdsurvivalstrategies.Thebroaderprojectaimedtodiversifyproducerincomessohouseholdscouldavoidrelyingonchildrenforcottonproductionlabor.

(Client)

SOLIDAR Suisse / GIZ

(Year)

Baseline

(Services)

Child Labor, Cotton, Baseline Study, Income Generation, Burkina Faso

(Introduction)

CERFODESconductedabaselineandincome-follow-upstudyforaprojectpromotingtheabandonmentofchildlaborincottonfieldsinBurkinaFaso.TheassignmentwasconnectedtoSolidarSuisseandGIZandincludedmethodologydesign,tooldevelopment,enumeratortraining,electronicdatacollection,supervision,analysis,reporting,andrestitution.

(Final thoughts)

Thestudyhelpedprovidebaselineindicatorsfortrackingaprojectdesignedtoreducechildlaborbyaddressinghouseholdincomeconstraintsandpromotingalternativeincome-generatingactivities.

(Portfolio)

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