Projects

Our international grants support projects to combat some of the most abusive labor practices, including the use of child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in global supply chains. ILAB-funded projects also promote trade partners’ compliance with the labor requirements of U.S. trade agreements and preference programs – helping to ensure a fair global playing field for workers in the United States and around the world.

Building Governments’ Capacity

ILAB works with governments to make them more effective in combating labor abuses, through efforts in areas such as data collection, monitoring, and enforcement. As a direct result of ILAB initiatives:

More than 80 countries have strengthened their monitoring and enforcement of laws, regulations, policies, and programs to combat child labor, forced labor and human trafficking;
More than 60,000 labor inspectors and law enforcement officials have been trained to more effectively enforce child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking laws and regulations; and
Governments have adopted best practices to assist victims of child labor and forced labor. For example, ILAB worked in partnership with the Government of Paraguay to develop and pilot an electronic system that registers adolescent workers to ensure they are protected under the law and assist with enforcement of labor laws.

Assistance for Vulnerable Children and Families

ILAB projects adopt a holistic approach to promote sustainable efforts that address child labor’s underlying causes, including poverty and lack of access to education. Project strategies include linking vulnerable groups to existing government social programs, providing children with quality education or afterschool services, helping families improve their livelihoods to meet basic needs without relying on child labor, and raising awareness about risks of trafficking so that adults don’t end up in situations of forced labor.

ILAB at the Forefront of Rigorous Evaluation Research

ILAB continues to invest in impact evaluations of innovative interventions to broaden the global knowledge base on effective strategies for combating child labor and forced labor. ILAB’s randomized controlled trials, the gold standard for impact evaluations, allow governments and policymakers to make evidence-informed decisions about programs that affect child laborers and their families.

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Title	Amount	Grantee	Start Sort ascending	End
Protecting the Rights of Migrant Workers through Empowerment and Advocacy in Malaysia The project builds the capacity of workers’ organizations or other civil society organizations to assist foreign migrant workers in Malaysia. Midterm Evaluation Final Evaluation Final Evaluation Infographic Summary	$1,070,457	International Labor Organization (ILO)	11/25/2015	11/24/2019
Piloting the USDA Guidelines in the Hazelnut Supply Chain in Turkey	$4,870,000	Fair Labor Association	11/20/2015	06/30/2018
Eliminating Child Labor in Cocoa (ECLIC)	$4,500,000	International Cocoa Initiative	11/16/2015	11/15/2019
Mobilizing Community Action and Promoting Opportunities for Youth in Ghana's Cocoa-Growing Communities (MOCA)	$4,500,000	Winrock International	11/06/2015	11/06/2019
Paraguay Okakuaa (Paraguay Progresses) In partnership with the Paraguayan Ministry of Labor, Paraguay Okakuaa is strengthening the enforcement of labor laws in agriculture in the Department of Guairá and providing educational and livelihood opportunities for families vulnerable to child labor, particularly young women. And in response to the government’s political will to address forced labor, the project is now expanding efforts to the Chaco, a significant cattle- and beef-exporting region. Midterm Evaluation Final Evaluation	$7,499,558	Partners of the Americas	11/03/2015	05/31/2023
From Protocol to Practice: A Bridge to Global Action on Forced Labor (The Bridge Project)	$17,395,138	International Labor Organization (ILO)	09/30/2015	01/01/2022
Youth Pathways - Central America	$17,278,000	Catholic Relief Services (CRS)	07/29/2015	09/30/2023
Closing the Child Labor and Forced Labor Evidence Gap: Impact Evaluations Our impact evaluation projects use rigorous quantitative techniques to evaluate the impact of interventions on reducing child labor, forced labor and human trafficking—part of a broader ILAB effort to build rigorous evidence on what works to secure and protect the rights of children and adults. Such evaluations support our partner governments’ evidence-based policymaking efforts, and also help identify proven strategies to inform ILAB’s future investments in global programs to combat child labor and forced labor. Impact Evaluation Summary Brief Impact Evaluation Final Report Impact Evaluation Baseline Report Impact Evaluation Design Report	$1,050,000	Innovations for Poverty Action	07/24/2015	10/31/2018
Building a Generation of Safe and Healthy Workers: SafeYouth@Work	$11,443,156	International Labor Organization (ILO)	12/31/2014	12/31/2019
Technical Support for Enhancing National Capacity to Prevent and Reduce Child Labour in Vietnam	$10,000,000	International Labor Organization's International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC)	12/31/2014	03/31/2022