Submitted by sep_admin on Thu, 2017-02-16 22:15
Overcoming the twin challenges of child labor and youth employment will be critical to Indonesia's progress towards the millennium development goals. Estimates presented in this report indicate that some 2.3 million Indonesian children aged 7-14 years still work in employment. The current report examines the related issues of child labor and youth employment in the context of Indonesia. The report was developed jointly by the Government and the three Understanding Children's Work (UCW) partner agencies. As such, it provides an important common basis for action in addressing child labor and youth employment issues. Four related objectives are served by the report: 1) improve the information base on child labor and youth employment, in order to inform policy and programmatic responses; 2) promote policy dialogue on child labor and the lack of opportunities for decent and productive work for youth; 3) analyze the relationship between early school leaving, child labor and future status in the labor market; and 4) build national capacity for regular collection and analysis of data relating to child labor and youth employment. The remainder of the report is structured as follows. Chapter two briefly describes the national context, including socio-economic trends and key human development challenges facing the country. A chapter three and four presents descriptive data relating to the extent and nature of children's work, and to how children divide their time between work and school. Chapter five assesses the impact of children's work on their health and educational status. Chapter six employs econometric tools to assess key determinants of children's work and schooling and their implications for policy. Chapter seven assesses the extent of child labor in accordance with national legislation.