A new report by OECD, ILO, IOM and UNICEF provides first ever estimates by international organizations of child labour and trafficking for forced labour in global supply chains. The report finds the estimated share of total child labour in global supply chains ranges from 9% in Northern Africa and Western Asia to 26% in Eastern and South-eastern Asia.
The results show that, while child labour is considerably more common in production for the domestic economy, there is also a non-negligible risk...