Number: RL32990
Title: Child Labor in West African Cocoa Production: Issues and U.S. Policy
Authors: Tiaji Salaam-Blyther and Nicolas Cook, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division; and Charles Hanrahan, Research, Sciences, and Industry Division 
Abstract: This report outlines how and where cocoa is produced, discusses the use of abusive child labor in the industry, efforts by Congress to counter abusive child labor - including the Harkin-Engel Protocol, and initiatives by affected governments and international organizations to address the problem. This report also provides possible policy options that might undertaken to stop the use of child labor in cocoa production.
Pages: 24
Date: July 13, 2005