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Better Trade Tool
The Better Trade Tool integrates existing reporting developed by the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) with U.S. import trade data, including Harmonized Tariff Schedule codes. Users can search trade data by specific countries, goods, types of labor exploitation, and years.
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ILAB Knowledge Portal
The ILAB Knowledge Portal is a searchable online library of resources promotes knowledge sharing, data use, and learning related to ILAB’s technical assistance programming. The portal includes project profiles, evaluation reports, evaluation report learnings, and technical assistance resources.
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Impact Evaluations
ILAB funded eighteen randomized controlled trials to study the effectiveness of various government and non-government programs and interventions in reducing child labor, forced labor or human trafficking. The evaluations studied a variety of interventions in countries including Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mexico, Nepal, Peru, the Philippines, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia.
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Better Trade Tool Visualization
The Better Trade Tool integrates existing reporting developed by the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) with U.S. import trade data, including Harmonized Tariff Schedule codes. This visualization tool allows users to explore an interactive map of the top 10 countries based on 2020 US imports of goods included in ILAB lists.
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Sweat & Toil App
Sweat & Toil: Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking Around the World is a comprehensive resource documenting child labor and forced labor worldwide. Research in the app is taken from ILAB's three flagship reports: Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor; List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor; and List of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor.