While the worst forms of child labour (WFCL) is not only an urban phenomenon, evidence suggests that WFCL emerges in…
Research and Evidence Series
Read about CLARISSA’s thematic and participatory research findings as well as our work in progress. The publications here comprise detailed evidence from the CLARISSA programme to help shape policies, interventions and programmes as well as our summarised findings, contextual knowledge and framing and some synthesis of relevant literature and secondary data sources.
Supply Chains, the Informal Economy, and the Worst Forms of Child Labour
As a cohort of people, ‘children in work’ have become critical to the everyday functioning of diverse supply chain systems….
How Does Participatory Action Research Generate Innovation? Findings from a Rapid Realist Review
This Emerging Evidence Report shares evidence of how, for whom, and under what circumstances, Participatory Action Research (PAR) leads to…
Mapping of Children Engaged in the Worst Forms of Child Labour in the Supply Chain of the Leather Industry in Bangladesh
This mapping of children in the worst forms of child labour (WFCL) in the leather sector of Bangladesh was conducted…
Designing a Participatory Programme at Scale: Phases 1 and 2 of the CLARISSA Programme on Worst Forms of Child Labour
CLARISSA (Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia) is a large-scale Participatory Action Research programme which aims to identify,…
Bonded: Life Stories from Agricultural Communities in South-Eastern Nepal
In the Terai region of South-Eastern Nepal, there persists a form of agricultural bonded labour called Harwa-Charwa, rooted in agricultural…
Tired and Trapped: Life Stories from Cotton Millworkers in Tamil Nadu
Labour abuse in the garment industry has been widely reported. This qualitative research explores the lived experiences in communities with…
Children’s Engagement with Exploitative Work in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Despite decades of interventions aiming to reduce child labour, children’s engagement with exploitative work remains widespread, particularly in South Asia….
Towards Ethical Good Practice in Cash Transfer Trials and their Evaluation
Although cash transfers are now widely used within development and social policy, there is still limited discussion over how (and…
Evaluating CLARISSA: Innovation Driven by a Participatory Learning Agenda
Children end up in child labour as a result of many, often unknown or hidden, interactions between multiple actors and…