A review of social safety-net programmes to make them more responsive to the needs of child labour in Bangladesh

Nazneen Ahmed; Gurchaten Sandhu; Gady Saiovici

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A review of social safety-net programmes to make them more responsive to the needs of child labour in Bangladesh

Nazneen Ahmed, Gurchaten Sandhu and Gady Saiovici

ILO

2019

Appears in Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

Abstract

child labour

social protection

social policy

rights of the child

state intervention

Bangladesh

The objective of this study is to explore ways by which to make social safety-net programmes more responsive to the needs of child labourers and/or children vulnerable to child labour. In addition, different development partners and local NGOs have been implementing a number of programmes and projects in various parts of Bangladesh to eliminate child labour.

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Title: A review of social safety-net programmes to make them more responsive to the needs of child labour in Bangladesh
Creators: Nazneen Ahmed
Gurchaten Sandhu
Gady Saiovici
Contributors: International Labour Organization. Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Branch.
Publisher: ILO; Geneva
Date published: 2019
Number of pages: x, 56 p.
ISBN: 9789221330387
Language: English
Asset Type: book
Record Identifier: 995219201002676
Table of contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. How social protection contributes to eliminate child labour -- 3.. Methodology of analysis -- 4. Child labour situation in Bangladesh -- 5. Social protection or social safety-net programmes as a policy response to reduce child labour: Evidence from different countries -- 6. Social safety-net programmes of Bangladesh: At a glance -- 7. Social safety-net programmes in Bangladesh with a focus on child labour or child population -- 8. Way forward in reducing the gap of social safety-net programmes and eliminating child labour in Bangladesh -- References.