Download or read book Accelerating Action Against Child Labour written by International Labour Office and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 2010 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its quadrennial Global Report on child labour, the ILO says that the global number of child labourers had declined from 222 million to 215 million, or 3 per cent, over the period 2004 to 2008, representing a "slowing down of the global pace of reduction." The report also expresses concern that the global economic crisis could "further brake" progress toward the goal of eliminating the worst forms of child labour by 2016.