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Brazil
The paper's clearest policy success story. The Bolsa Família conditional cash transfer, combined with raising the minimum working age from 14 to 16, drove a sustained decline in urban child labor — though rural and agricultural work persists.
5.3%
Children working
ILO / UNICEF
98%
School attendance rate
World Bank
Below median
Vs. the 6-country study
Gupta, IJARESM 2025
Where children work
Agriculture, street vending, domestic work, construction, retail