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Fighting Against Child Exploitation: Policy Implications

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Child Exploitation in the Global South

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The debate concerning the fight against child labour has given rise to two rather different positions. On the one hand, abolitionists who rely on international conventions argue for a total eradication of the phenomenon.

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Ballet, J., Bhukuth, A. (2019). Fighting Against Child Exploitation: Policy Implications. In: Ballet, J., Bhukuth, A. (eds) Child Exploitation in the Global South. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91177-9_12

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