| From the comfort of their plush offices
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| | we should reject them, they have a right
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| and five to six figure salaries,
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| | to survive. You can't just say they can't
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| self-appointed NGO's often denounce child
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| | work, you have to provide
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| labor as their employees rush from one
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| | alternatives."Regrettably, the debate is
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| five star hotel to another, $3000
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| | so laden with emotions and self-serving
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| subnotebooks and PDA's in hand. The
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| | arguments that the facts are often
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| hairsplitting distinction made by the ILO
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| | overlooked.The outcry against soccer
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| between "child work" and "child labor"
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| | balls stitched by children in Pakistan
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| conveniently targets impoverished
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| | led to the relocation of workshops ran by
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| countries while letting its budget
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| | Nike and Reebok. Thousands lost their
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| contributors - the developed ones -
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| | jobs, including countless women and 7000
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| off-the-hook.Reports regarding child
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| | of their progeny. The average family
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| labor surface periodically. Children
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| | income - anyhow meager - fell by 20
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| crawling in mines, faces ashen, body
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| | percent. Economists Drusilla Brown, Alan
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| deformed. The agile fingers of famished
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| | Deardorif, and Robert Stern observe
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| infants weaving soccer balls for their
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| | wryly:"While Baden Sports can quite
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| more privileged counterparts in the USA.
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| | credibly claim that their soccer balls
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| Tiny figures huddled in sweatshops,
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| | are not sewn by children, the relocation
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| toiling in unspeakable conditions. It is
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| | of their production facility undoubtedly
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| all heart-rending and it gave rise to a
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| | did nothing for their former child
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| veritable not-so-cottage industry of
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| | workers and their families."Such examples
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| activists, commentators, legal eagles,
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| | abound. Manufacturers - fearing legal
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| scholars, and opportunistically
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| | reprisals and "reputation risks"
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| sympathetic politicians.Ask the denizens
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| | (naming-and-shaming by overzealous NGO's)
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| of Thailand, sub-Saharan Africa, Brazil,
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| | - engage in preemptive sacking. German
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| or Morocco and they will tell you how
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| | garment workshops fired 50,000 children
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| they regard this altruistic hyperactivity
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| | in Bangladesh in 1993 in anticipation of
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| - with suspicion and resentment.
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| | the American never-legislated Child Labor
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| Underneath the compelling arguments lurks
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| | Deterrence Act.Quoted by Wasserstein,
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| an agenda of trade protectionism, they
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| | former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich,
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| wholeheartedly believe. Stringent - and
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| | notes:"Stopping child labor without doing
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| expensive - labor and environmental
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| | anything else could leave children worse
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| provisions in international treaties may
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| | off. If they are working out of
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| well be a ploy to fend off imports based
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| | necessity, as most are, stopping them
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| on cheap labor and the competition they
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| | could force them into prostitution or
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| wreak on well-ensconced domestic
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| | other employment with greater personal
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| industries and their political
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| | dangers. The most important thing is that
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| stooges.This is especially galling since
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| | they be in school and receive the
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| the sanctimonious West has amassed its
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| | education to help them leave
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| wealth on the broken backs of slaves and
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| | poverty."Contrary to hype, three quarters
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| kids. The 1900 census in the USA found
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| | of all children work in agriculture and
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| that 18 percent of all children - almost
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| | with their families. Less than 1 percent
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| two million in all - were gainfully
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| | work in mining and another 2 percent in
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| employed. The Supreme Court ruled
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| | construction. Most of the rest work in
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| unconstitutional laws banning child labor
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| | retail outlets and services, including
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| as late as 1916. This decision was
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| | "personal services" - a euphemism for
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| overturned only in 1941.The GAO published
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| | prostitution. UNICEF and the ILO are in
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| a report last week in which it criticized
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| | the throes of establishing school
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| the Labor Department for paying
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| | networks for child laborers and providing
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| insufficient attention to working
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| | their parents with alternative
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| conditions in manufacturing and mining in
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| | employment.But this is a drop in the sea
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| the USA, where many children are still
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| | of neglect. Poor countries rarely proffer
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| employed. The Bureau of Labor Statistics
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| | education on a regular basis to more than
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| pegs the number of working children
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| | two thirds of their eligible school-age
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| between the ages of 15-17 in the USA at
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| | children. This is especially true in
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| 3.7 million. One in 16 of these worked in
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| | rural areas where child labor is a
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| factories and construction. More than 600
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| | widespread blight. Education - especially
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| teens died of work-related accidents in
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| | for women - is considered an unaffordable
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| the last ten years.Child labor - let
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| | luxury by many hard-pressed parents. In
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| alone child prostitution, child soldiers,
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| | many cultures, work is still considered
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| and child slavery - are phenomena best
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| | to be indispensable in shaping the
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| avoided. But they cannot and should not
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| | child's morality and strength of
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| be tackled in isolation. Nor should
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| | character and in teaching him or her a
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| underage labor be subjected to blanket
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| | trade."The Economist" elaborates:"In
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| castigation. Working in the gold mines or
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| | Africa children are generally treated as
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| fisheries of the Philippines is hardly
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| | mini-adults; from an early age every
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| comparable to waiting on tables in a
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| | child will have tasks to perform in the
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| Nigerian or, for that matter, American
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| | home, such as sweeping or fetching water.
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| restaurant.There are gradations and hues
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| | It is also common to see children working
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| of child labor. That children should not
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| | in shops or on the streets. Poor families
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| be exposed to hazardous conditions, long
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| | will often send a child to a richer
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| working hours, used as means of payment,
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| | relation as a housemaid or houseboy, in
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| physically punished, or serve as sex
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| | the hope that he will get an education."A
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| slaves is commonly agreed. That they
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| | solution recently gaining steam is to
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| should not help their parents plant and
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| | provide families in poor countries with
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| harvest may be more debatable.As Miriam
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| | access to loans secured by the future
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| Wasserman observes in "Eliminating Child
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| | earnings of their educated offspring. The
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| Labor", published in the Federal Bank of
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| | idea - first proposed by Jean-Marie
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| Boston's "Regional Review", second
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| | Baland of the University of Namur and
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| quarter of 2000, it depends on "family
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| | James A. Robinson of the University of
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| income, education policy, production
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| | California at Berkeley - has now
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| technologies, and cultural norms." About
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| | permeated the mainstream.Even the World
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| a quarter of children under-14 throughout
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| | Bank has contributed a few studies,
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| the world are regular workers. This
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| | notably, in June, "Child Labor: The Role
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| statistic masks vast disparities between
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| | of Income Variability and Access to
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| regions like Africa (42 percent) and
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| | Credit Across Countries" authored by
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| Latin America (17 percent).In many
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| | Rajeev Dehejia of the NBER and Roberta
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| impoverished locales, child labor is all
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| | Gatti of the Bank's Development Research
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| that stands between the family unit and
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| | Group.Abusive child labor is abhorrent
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| all-pervasive, life threatening,
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| | and should be banned and eradicated. All
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| destitution. Child labor declines
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| | other forms should be phased out
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| markedly as income per capita grows. To
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| | gradually. Developing countries already
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| deprive these bread-earners of the
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| | produce millions of unemployable
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| opportunity to lift themselves and their
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| | graduates a year - 100,000 in Morocco
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| families incrementally above
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| | alone. Unemployment is rife and reaches,
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| malnutrition, disease, and famine - is an
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| | in certain countries - such as Macedonia
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| apex of immoral hypocrisy.Quoted by "The
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| | - more than one third of the workforce.
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| Economist", a representative of the much
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| | Children at work may be harshly treated
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| decried Ecuador Banana Growers
| |
| | by their supervisors but at least they
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| Association and Ecuador's Labor Minister,
| |
| | are kept off the far more menacing
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| summed up the dilemma neatly: "Just
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| | streets. Some kids even end up with a
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| because they are under age doesn't mean
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| | skill and are rendered employable.
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