Children and work: A review of current literature and debates

Development and Change

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1201-1226

  Bourdillon, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD LABOR; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; POVERTY;

EID: 33751528559     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2006.00519.x     Document Type: Review

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