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Child Labour Among Afghan Refugee Children: Investigating the Underlying Drivers

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Khan

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad)

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Among socio-political issues that are closely linked with the formation of human capital of a country is the threat of child labour. Working of school-aged children leads to loss of educational and developmental milestones and leads to insufferable damage to children’s future. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) defines the term “Child Labour” as “a work that destitute children of their childhood, their potential and dignity, additionally that is harmful to mental and physical development of child. Actually, it refers to work that is; socially, morally, mentally and physically hazardous and detrimental to child development. And, interferes with child schooling by, depriving them to attend school and compel them to leave school permanently or combine school attendance and work (ILO, 2021a).

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  • Muhammad Ajmal Khan, 2023. "Child Labour Among Afghan Refugee Children: Investigating the Underlying Drivers," PIDE-Working Papers 2023:14, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
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