Micro-finance interventions: tools to combat the worst forms of child labour, including trafficking

Provides a tool for the design and implementation of sustainable microfinance interventions, especially on rural areas.

This publication on micro-finance interventions results from a joint initiative by the ILO’s Mekong sub-regional project to combat trafficking in children and women (ILO-TICW project) and the ILO/IPEC projects to combat child labour in the deep sea fishing and footwear sectors in south-east Asia.

It is part of a series of publications covering various technical intervention areas that the TICW project focuses on. Other topics addressed include non-formal education and rural skills training, legal labour migration, gender equality promotion, networking and coordination, participation, project management, psycho-social counselling and working with employers’ and workers’ organizations. Together - not alone - these interventions are thought to contribute to combating the worst forms of child labour, including trafficking.

Micro-finance interventions can contribute to generating sufficient family income so that children can attend school and hopefully be kept from exploitative situations. Not all micro-finance interventions