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Title Profits and Poverty : the Economics of Forced Labour
Published Geneva : International Labour Office, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (66 pages)
Contents Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Preface; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1. Measuring forced labour, human trafficking and slavery: Why definitions matter; Measuring forced labour: A brief history; The ILO 2012 Global Estimate of forced labour; Chapter 2. Estimating the profits of forced labour; Previous estimates; New estimate; Regional and sectoral distribution of workers; Profits from non-domestic forced labour exploitation; Profits from forced labour in domestic work; Profits from forced sexual exploitation; Methodology
Chapter 3. What makes people vulnerable to forced labour?What makes people vulnerable to forced labour?; Theoretical discussion of the determinants of forced labour; Theoretical discussion of the determinants of forced labour; Descriptive analysis of the victims of forced labour; Descriptive analysis of the victims of forced labour; Determinants of forced labour at the household level; Determinants of forced labour among returned migrants; Conclusions; Appendix; 1. Definitions; 2. Profits from the Illegal Use of Forced Labour; Bibliography
Summary This report highlights how forced labour thrives in the incubator of poverty and vulnerability, low levels of education and literacy, migration and other factors. The evidence and results presented here illustrate the need for stronger measures of prevention and protection and for enhanced law enforcement as the basic responses to forced labour
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Subject Forced labor.
Forced labor -- Economic aspects
Human trafficking.
Profit.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Forced labor
Human trafficking
Profit
Form Electronic book
Author International Labour Office.
ISBN 9789221287827
9221287823