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Cocoa, an unsavoury sweet? Workshop identifies best practices to eliminate child labour in cocoa production

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Voices & Views

In March, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) organised a workshop to assess progress and share practices and challenges to eradicating child labour from cocoa...

Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Children and Youth
Child labour
Youth employment, skills and entrepreneurship
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Employment & VET
Human Rights

Study Sheds Light on Hidden Plight of Domestic Workers

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Voices & Views

In much of the developed world, most work is formal – people pay taxes and social security contributions granting them access to health care, social benefits, and legal protection to enforce their workers’ rights. But in the...

Africa
Ghana
Employment & VET
Human Rights
Social Protection and Inclusion

Making Natural Resources Work for People by Improving Transparency

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Voices & Views

Lack of transparency in extractive industries like oil, gas or mining has put the brakes on development in resource-rich countries and exacerbated poor governance, according to campaigners in Ghana where a new initiative is...

Africa
Ghana
Capacity Development
Governance & Corruption
Knowledge Management
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Learning
Private Sector
Trade & Economic Integration