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Supply Chains, the Informal Economy, and the Worst Forms of Child Labour

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dc.creator Aked, Jody
dc.date 2021-07-26T11:16:44Z
dc.date 2021-07-26T11:16:44Z
dc.date 2021-07-26
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-26T08:48:00Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-26T08:48:00Z
dc.identifier Aked, J. (2021) Supply Chains, the Informal Economy, and the Worst Forms of Child Labour, CLARISSA Working Paper 8, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies, DOI: 10.19088/CLARISSA.2021.006
dc.identifier https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/16755
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dc.identifier 10.19088/CLARISSA.2021.006
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/198592
dc.description As a cohort of people, ‘children in work’ have become critical to the everyday functioning of diverse supply chain systems. This Working Paper considers diverse commodity chains (leather, waste, recycling and sex) to explore the business realities that generate child labour in its worst forms. A review of the literature finds that occurrence of the worst forms of child labour (WFCL) in supply chain systems is contingent on the organising logics and strategies adopted by actors in both the formal and informal economies. Piecing together the available evidence, the paper hypothesises that a supply chain system is sensitive to the use of WFCL when downward pressure to take on business risk cannot be matched by the economic resilience to absorb that risk. Emergencies and persistent stressors may increase risk and reduce resilience, shifting norms and behaviour. There is a need for further work to learn from business owners and workers in the informal economy.
dc.description Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
dc.language en
dc.publisher Institute of Development Studies
dc.relation CLARISSA Working Paper;8
dc.rights This is an Open Access paper distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited and any modifications or adaptations are indicated.
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights Institute of Development Studies
dc.subject Children and Youth
dc.subject Trade
dc.subject Work and Labour
dc.title Supply Chains, the Informal Economy, and the Worst Forms of Child Labour
dc.type Series paper (non-IDS)
dc.coverage Bangladesh
dc.coverage Myanmar
dc.coverage Nepal


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