Working With Private Sector Actors

Many children who work, especially in the worst forms of child labor, ultimately work for a business, whether it is at a small scale such as on a farm or as part of a multinational supply chain. In this section, you will find market assessments for sesame farming (a key crop in Ethiopia), mining (a dominant industry in North and South Kivu, DRC), and reports on alternatives and mitigation strategies for the private sector, including business clustering and alternate employment for young people.

Alternative Pathways: Digital Skills Training and Employment Opportunities

Summary of learnings from PACE on alternative employment opportunities and job training, including in digital jobs

Value Chains Assessment Report - Central African Republic

An assessment and mapping of gold and agricultural supply chains in the Central African Republic, highlighting areas of potential intervention against child labor

Central African Republic - A Situational Analysis of Child Labour in Ouaham and Ouaham Pende

A comprehensive analysis of child labor in Ouaham and Ouaham Pende, Central African Republic. This report discusses types of labor, including affiliation with armed groups; health impacts; and parents' views on children working.

Democratic Republic of Congo - Mineral Supply Chain Mapping and Labor Market Assessment

North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are highly economically reliant on mining. This report mapped the minerals economy in PACE's two intervention areas and proposed recommendations for reducing the worst forms of child labor in North and South Kivu.

Ethiopian Agriculture - Business Clustering

Business clustering is an existing approach that can improve productivity of smallholders and their access to finance. This report explores how child labor protections could be integrated into this approach.

Ethiopian Agriculture - Health Education And Community Awareness Raising

Child labor supply chain analysis identified spinal injury and musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) as a consequence of child labor. This report proposes an approach to reducing spinal injury with safe alternatives.

Ethiopian Agriculture - A World Class Approach to Sesame Farming

Proposes an investor-led approach to reducing child labor in sesame farming, including a flagging system for child labor and forming coalitions with government

Sesame Supply & Value Chain Assessment in North West Ethiopia

This report analyzes the sesame supply chain in North West Ethiopia and contextualizes child labor in the economic fundamentals of sesame farming, making recommendations for approaches that reduce child labor

Smelter Pathway - Developing a Comprehensive Mining Sector

A summary of recommendations to partners seeking to mitigate child labor in smelter supply chains, aligned with sustainable development goals, OECD due diligence actions and the Africa Mining Vision