1. The Challenge of Child Labour in Asia Special Focus on the Philippines
2. Child labour has become an important social issue in the international development agenda
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9. Child labour by region Asia has most of the child workers (61%) while Africa has the highest incidence at 40% Asia (61%) Africa (32%)
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18. The International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour Started in 1992 with 6 participating countries, IPEC is now operational in 31 countries. It has become one of ILO’s largest technical cooperation programmes