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U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs 2002 The Department of Labor’s 2001 Trade and Development Act of 2000 U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs 2002 Table of Contents I. Foreword Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs, Thomas B. Moorhead ................................. i II. Introduction A. Congressional Mandate and Legislative Requirement .......................................................... 1 1. Generalized System of Preferences B. The Worst Forms of Child Labor.......................................................................................... 1 C. Structure of the Report .......................................................................................................... 2 1. Government Policies and Programs to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor 2. Incidence and Nature of Child Labor 3. Child Labor Laws and Enforcement D. Sources of Information ........................................................................................................ 4 III. Acronyms ................................................................................................................................5 IV. Glossary ................................................................................................................................... 7 V. Country Profiles 1. Albania.............................................................................................................................. 15 2. Angola .............................................................................................................................. 18 3. Antigua and Barbuda ........................................................................................................ 21 4. Argentina .......................................................................................................................... 23 5. Armenia ............................................................................................................................ 26 6. Bahrain.............................................................................................................................. 29 7. Bangladesh........................................................................................................................ 31 8. Barbados ........................................................................................................................... 35 9. Belize ................................................................................................................................ 37 10. Benin................................................................................................................................. 40 11. Bhutan............................................................................................................................... 44 12. Bolivia .............................................................................................................................. 46 13. Bosnia and Herzegovina ................................................................................................... 50 14. Botswana .......................................................................................................................... 53 15. Brazil ................................................................................................................................ 55 16. Bulgaria ............................................................................................................................ 59 17. Burkina Faso ..................................................................................................................... 62 18. Burundi ............................................................................................................................. 66 19. Cambodia .......................................................................................................................... 69 20. Cameroon.......................................................................................................................... 74 21. Cape Verde ....................................................................................................................... 77 22. Central African Republic .................................................................................................. 79 23. Chad .................................................................................................................................. 81 24. Chile ................................................................................................................................. 84 25. Colombia .......................................................................................................................... 87 V. Country Profiles continued 26. Comoros............................................................................................................................ 91 27. Congo (Brazzaville) ..........................................................................................................93 28. Congo (Kinshasa) .............................................................................................................96 29. Costa Rica ......................................................................................................................... 99 30. Cote d’Ivoire ................................................................................................................... 103 31. Croatia ............................................................................................................................ 107 32. Czech Republic ............................................................................................................... 109 33. Djibouti ........................................................................................................................... 111 34. Dominica ........................................................................................................................ 113 35. Dominican Republic ....................................................................................................... 115 36. Ecuador ........................................................................................................................... 119 37. Egypt............................................................................................................................... 122 38. El Salvador ..................................................................................................................... 127 39. Equatorial Guinea ........................................................................................................... 130 40. Eritrea ............................................................................................................................. 132 41. Estonia ............................................................................................................................ 134 42. Ethiopia ........................................................................................................................... 136 43. Fiji................................................................................................................................... 139 44. Gabon ............................................................................................................................. 141 45. The Gambia .................................................................................................................... 143 46. Georgia ........................................................................................................................... 145 47. Ghana .............................................................................................................................. 147 48. Grenada ........................................................................................................................... 151 49. Guatemala ....................................................................................................................... 153 50. Guinea............................................................................................................................. 156 51. Guinea-Bissau ................................................................................................................. 159 52. Guyana ............................................................................................................................ 161 53. Haiti ................................................................................................................................ 163 54. Honduras ......................................................................................................................... 166 55. Hungary .......................................................................................................................... 170 56. India ................................................................................................................................ 173 57. Indonesia ......................................................................................................................... 178 58. Jamaica ........................................................................................................................... 181 59. Jordan ............................................................................................................................. 184 60.