Closing the Child Labor and Forced Labor Evidence Gap: Impact Evaluations

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Randomized controlled trial impact evaluations examining the effects of UNICEF-implemented interventions aimed at combating child labor in Nepal.
Region/Country:
Global
South & Central Asia Nepal
Project Duration:
December 2014
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March 2020
Funding and Year:
FY
2014
: USD
882,717

Our impact evaluation projects use rigorous quantitative techniques to evaluate the impact of interventions on reducing child labor, forced labor and human trafficking—part of a broader ILAB effort to build rigorous evidence on what works to secure and protect the rights of children and adults. Such evaluations support our partner governments’ evidence-based policymaking efforts, and also help identify proven strategies to inform ILAB’s future investments in global programs to combat child labor and forced labor.

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The Problem

With an estimated 152 million children engaged in child labor and nearly 24.9 million victims of forced labor worldwide, it is critical that scarce resources are used to support effective and efficient programs.  However, gaps in the evidence base mean that more rigorous research is needed to understand how to best protect the rights of these children and adults.

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Our Strategy

By conducting impact evaluations based on randomized controlled trial designs, our researchers can understand how an intervention has directly led to changes in, for example, the prevalence of child labor.  Specifically, the project implemented by the University of Notre Dame will examine the effects of UNICEF-implemented behavior change communication campaign aimed at combating child labor in Nepal.

Grantee: University of Notre Dame
Implementing Partners: National Labor Academy (NLA)
Contact Information:
(202) 693-4843
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Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT)
Tags: Child Labor Impact evaluation