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Child labour in South Asia / Child labor in South Asia edited by Gamini Herath and Kishor Sharma. - Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007. - xii, 192 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Contemporary employment relations .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Labour and economic development : emerging issues in developing Asia / Gamini Herath and Kishor Sharma -- Child labour in developing countries : review of theoretical and empirical issues / Gamini Herath -- Cumulative causation as explanation and policy base for child labour / Geoff Bamberry -- Child labour : an integrated approach / Manohar Pawar -- Trade, growth and child labour practices in South Asia / Kishor Sharma -- An assessment of child labour laws, prevention strategies and their effectiveness in Bangladesh / Jesmul Hasan -- An overview of child labour in India / Subhashini Subbaraman and Harald von Witzke -- Child labour in India : a critical evaluation of four issues / Anna Pinto -- Strategies for the prevention of child labour : an overview of strategy and effectiveness in Nepal / Chiranjibi Nepal -- Strategies for the prevention of child labour : an overview of strategy and effectiveness in Pakistan / Shafqat Munir and Hassan Mangi -- Issues relating to prevention of child labour in Sri Lanka / Nisha Arunatilake and Roshani de Silva.

ISBN: 9780754670049 (alk. paper) 075467004X (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007003830

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Child labor--South Asia.
Economic Development
Child work
India

LC Class. No.: HD6250.S682 / C45 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 331.310954 / CHI