Refers to the Congressional request concerning the examination of costs and benefits associated with the implementation of ILO Convention No. 182. Presents an analysis of national strategies for direct action: legal, education and poverty education, market-based, rescue, rehabilitation and reintegration.

Child labor is recognized today as a problem that affects countries around the world. The International Labor Org. (ILO) estimated that there were some 211 million children between the ages of 5 & 14 in economic activity in the world in 2000. Chapters: Congressional Mandate & Legislative Requirements; Scope of Report; Country Profile Format: The Incidence & Nature of Child Labor, Children's Participation in School, Child Labor Law & Enforcement, Addressing Child Labor & Promoting Schooling, & Selected Data on Government Expenditures; Sources of Information; Definitions & Concepts; The Worst Forms of Child Labor; Combating Child Labor; Evidence from 33 Countries; Country Profiles; & Appendices. Charts & tables.