Free trade agenda may aggravate poverty
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14/07/1999
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Hindu (New Delhi)
The globalisation of economy embarked upon in India may aggravate poverty and increase the supply of child labour in the market, if it affects the income distribution in an adverse fashion. This trade-labour link needs to be established as one of the multifarious effects of global competition on the domestic employment.The is finding of a research report on "Eradicating child labour while saving the child" released by the Consumer Unity and Trust Society(CUTS) here today.The report, relying upon inputs based on a pilot field study conducted in the carpet producing areas in Rajasthan as the database, has been brought out by the CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics and Environment.