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Globally, child labor and forced labor are widespread and complex problems. They are conceptually different phenomena, requiring different policy responses, though they may also overlap in practice. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) was designed to reduce the use of child and forced labor in the production of goods consumed in the United States. The Act was reauthorized in 2003, 2005, and 2008.

In response to provisions of TVPA, the the Bureau of International Labor Affairs requested that the National Research Council organize a two-day workshop. The workshop, summarized in this volume, discusses methods for identifying and organizing a standard set of practices that will reduce the likelihood that persons will use forced labor or child labor to produce goods, with a focus on business and governmental practices.

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National Research Council. 2009. Approaches to Reducing the Use of Forced or Child Labor: Summary of a Workshop on Assessing Practice. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/12773.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/12773
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Front Matter i-x
1 INTRODUCTION 1-8
2 SCOPE OF THE WORKSHOP 9-18
3 ASSESSING THE CONTEXT OF CHILD AND FORCED LABOR 19-30
4 ILLUSTRATIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES 31-54
5 CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT 55-64
6 WRAP-UP 65-70
Appendix A Committee Member Biographies 71-73
Appendix B Workshop Agenda 74-76
Appendix C Speaker Biographies 77-81
Appendix D Workshop Participants 82-83
Appendix E Definitions of Child and Forced Labor 84-90
Appendix F Illustrative Examples of Business Practices 91-107
Appendix G Submissions to the Workshop 108-120
Appendix H Submissions following the Workshop 121-131

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