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This report outlines some of the key challenges behinds ECOWAS' efforts to address child labor in West Africa, as well as provides recommendations based on research findings on how ECOWAS can more effectively address issues of child labor.

In view of the need to build capacity of all relevant and key partners of the ILO-CCP/PPP project on Community Action Plans (CAPs), a needs assessment of the community level and district level partners was conducted by ICI in collaboration with ILO.

Study on the Employment Situation of Adolescent Workers in El Alto and Plan 3000: a study of the labor market and access to the market for lower-income working adolescents in the city of El Alto de La Paz and Plan 3,000 of Santa Cruz. The study should provide more quantitative and qualitative elements on the structure of adolescent work in the form of i) self-employment or self-employment, ii) dependent employment in the informal economy, and iii) dependent employment in the formal economy.

Design of the Urban Production Strategy for the Adolescent Employment Program - "PHASE I: Diagnosis of the Current Situation: Labor Market of Adolescent Workers in the Urban Area of the Project": The main objective of the diagnosis has been the collection of primary and secondary information on the socio economic context of working adolescents and their parents in Bolivia, La Paz and San ta Cruz; the economic context in those regions; and the direct perceptions of working adolescents and their parents about their sustainable insertion in the labor market.

Design of the Urban Production Strategy for the Adolescent Employment Program - "PHASE I: Diagnosis of the Current Situation: Labor Market of Adolescent Workers in the Urban Area of the Project": The main objective of the diagnosis has been the collection of primary and secondary information on the socio economic context of working adolescents and their parents in Bolivia, La Paz and San ta Cruz; the economic context in those regions; and the direct perceptions of working adolescents and their parents about their sustainable insertion in the labor market.

A needs assessment was carried out to identify the main issues that keep children out of school in the target project districts and to design appropriate interventions. The study involved a qualitative research that used secondary data, including literature review of legislative, policy and program documents related to education to ascertain the state of education in Ghana.

The first part of the report includes a desk review of alternative livelihood sources for cocoa families to provide a list of possible alternative livelihood options in the target communities. The second part, SECTION 2 reports on the availability and viability of alternative and or additional livelihood activities in the target communities. SECTION 3 identifies good practices by past and current alternative livelihood activities in the target communities and discusses possibility for replication. The fourth part, SECTION 4 provides insights into the willingness and readiness of cocoa farmers to engage in the identified alternative livelihood options. The final part, SECTION 5 provides a list of recommendations on the most viable activities that IPEC beneficiaries could immediately engage in to improve their household income.

This graphic describes the vulnerability facotrs, risks, and consequences of agricultural child labor.

A 4-page handout (framed for general public) containing information on child labor, its contributing factors and effects, child labor rates in Argentina, and rates and conditions of child labor in the agricultural sector.

An article about the Somos Tesoro Entrepreneurship Fair, a space for the exhibition and commercialization of the products created by the entrepreneurship initiatives supported by Pact within the framework of the Somos Tesoro project.