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Direct linkChudgar, Amita; Grover, Vanika; Hatakeyama, Shota; Bizhanova, Aliya – Prospects, 2022
According to the International Labor Organization, at least 160 million children ages 5 to 17 around the world were involved in some form of child labor at the beginning of 2020, including 79 million children performing hazardous labor. This article uses recent representative data from Bangladesh and Pakistan to investigate the relationship…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Labor, Barriers, Basic Skills
Amagnya, Moses A. – Africa Education Review, 2020
Education is important for the successful development and growth of individuals and societies, yet some factors adversely affect its provision. This article reports on a study that explored the factors that adversely affect education in the Builsa District located in the Upper East Region (UER) of Northern Ghana, by examining the attitudes and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, Access to Education, Educational Attitudes
Kluttz, Jenalee – Theory and Research in Education, 2015
Cambodia has experienced rapid economic growth in the last two decades, improving living standards and diminishing poverty. Unfortunately, it has failed to do so evenly. Growth within the country has widened the gap between rich and poor and exacerbated the rural/urban divide. This inequality is mirrored in the school system. Inequality within the…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities, Access to Education
Download full textTaylor, Mark – Online Submission, 2017
In Africa, approximately 80 million children are working. Africa's 41% child labor rate is nearly twice as high as that in Asia. This study examined whether child labor is a direct result of poverty or of reading and math problems in school. The study analyzed reading and math scores of 62 child laborers and 62 non-child laborers from a farming…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Labor, Poverty, Learning Problems
Reddy, Anugula N.; Sinha, Shantha – Online Submission, 2010
Persistently high dropout rates are one of the biggest challenges to fulfilling the right to education in India. This paper attempts to assess the magnitude of the problem of dropout. The paper critically reviews the evidence on some of the commonly cited reasons for dropout, including poverty, limited to access to credit, child labour, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dropouts, Dropout Rate, Access to Education
Hadley, Sierd – Online Submission, 2010
This paper draws together research on seasonality, child labour and education in the context of primary education in sub-Saharan Africa. It describes how income poverty and demand for labour can fluctuate within and between years, affecting participation and progression through school systems. It highlights how analysis of the private and public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Migration, Poverty
