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Eliminating Child Labour in Rural Areas: Limits of Community-Based Approaches in South-Western Côte d’Ivoire

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In September 2000, the British broadcast BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/946952.stm) presented a provocative documentary “The Bitter Taste of Slavery” on children slavery in cocoa farms in West Africa.

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  1. International Studies/Sociology and Anthropology Department, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, USA

    Alfred Babo

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  2. ITSMI School of Management, Paris, France

    Augendra Bhukuth

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Babo, A. (2019). Eliminating Child Labour in Rural Areas: Limits of Community-Based Approaches in South-Western Côte d’Ivoire. In: Ballet, J., Bhukuth, A. (eds) Child Exploitation in the Global South. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91177-9_5

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