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Child labour in developing countries: The Indian case. Articles 28a, 32 and 36 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Myron Weiner

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Child labour in developing countries: The Indian case. Articles 28a, 32 and 36 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child MYRON WEINER Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. 02146, U.S.A. Governments do not advocate child labour or oppose compulsory education. The provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child dealing with child labourl and education2 are, as far as I am aware, universally supported. Why, then, is child labour so widespread in developing countries? Why are so many children not in school? The answers are well known and widely accepted. Governments in devel-

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Key concepts: Child labour, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Convention, Developing country, Child rights, Political science, Economic growth, Law