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2012-2016 Activities

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Child Labor Survey Research Online Short Course

Findings from 2013/14 Survey of Child Labor in the Cocoa Growing Areas

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Survey Research on Child Labor in West African Cocoa Growing Areas

The purpose of this Cooperative Agreement financed by the U.S. Department of Labor is to:

Develop population estimates for the prevalence of children working in the worst forms of child labor in the cocoa growing areas of Côte d'lvoire and Ghana based on data from Tulane University's earlier survey in 2008/2009 (see "2006-2011 Activities" for more information on the earlier survey);

Carry out research activities to assess the prevalence of the worst forms of child labor in agriculture, including the cocoa sector, in Côte d'lvoire and Ghana during the 2013/2014 harvest season;

Use the information collected to measure percent changes in the prevalence of the worst forms of child labor in agriculture, including the cocoa sector, in the two countries between the 2008/2009 and 2013/2014 harvest seasons and publish reports detailing Tulane's research methodology and findings;

Prepare and publish data dictionaries and public-use data files; and

Develop and submit a detailed step-by-step survey implementation and data analysis manual to allow for the replication of research design and reporting on findings.

The Payson Center is further tasked with designing and implementing capacity building activities of the national statistical offices and other local stakeholders in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana focusing on survey research and data analysis skills related to child labor in the cocoa sector.

Survey Research on Child Labor in West African Cocoa Growing Areas

Tulane University has been working with the US Department of Labor since October 2006 on a series of three contracts, each targeted at supporting the implementation of the Harkin-Engel Protocol and assisting international efforts to eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor (WFCL) and forced adult labor (FAL) in the cocoa growing areas of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Under the most recent (2012-2016) USDOL-Tulane contract, the Tulane team conducted nationally representative child labor surveys in the cocoa growing areas of Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana during the 2013/2014 cocoa harvest season, follow-up surveys to previous data collection in West Africa’s cocoa sector. The collected data was used to measure changes in the prevalence of the WFCL in agriculture and cocoa production.

As part of the 2012-2016 project, the Tulane team also designed and implemented capacity building activities for the national statistical offices and other local stakeholders in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. These activities focused on survey research and data analysis skills related to data collection on child labor in the cocoa sector.

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Overview of Capacity Building Activities

A detailed plan for building local capacity of enumerators and statisticians at the national statistical offices in the host countries will be developed in consultation with USDOL and the governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. The outline presented here is preliminary and will be refined and expanded based on the outcomes of these discussions.

Training Objectives

The training activities will be carried out with the objective to build the capacity of the governments of Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana to carry out nationally representative surveys on child labor in the cocoa-growing areas and to monitor and verify progress made toward eliminating exploitive child labor and forced adult labor in the cocoa sector.

Training Participants

The focus of the capacity building activities will be on decision makers and technical staff likely in charge of, or involved in, the allocation of resources and/or the design and implementation of future child labor related survey research. This will include enumerators and statisticians at the national statistical offices in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana but the training is not limited to these groups.

Development of Training Curriculum

The suggested approach to capacity building combines seminar work with individual mentoring. The training curriculum will be developed in consultation with USDOL and the governments of Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana using a knowledge capital approach, which will first identify the individuals in each country who form the resource pool for conducting government sponsored survey research, and then document the specific skills and competencies each person has. Next, through personal interviews, the project team will identify areas of survey research that needed updating or more formal training. While the workshop format facilitates this macro approach, the mentoring component offers a more individualized format that avoids repeating things already known, and polishes and upgrades skills of the practitioners. We believe that the creation of a knowledge capital database for the region can be of assistance to the governments when assessing and recruiting individuals and organizations to undertake future research including data collection on child labor.

Training Schedule

The project plans to implement three 5-day workshops in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana focusing on survey design, survey implementation, data analysis, monitoring and evaluation, and other relevant skills identified by the initial assessment. The training sessions are scheduled for the third contract year.