Amid COVID-19, the US Needs to Rethink Its Approach to Host Nation Support Talks

Pushing for vastly increased contributions when Japan and South face looming recessions amid an ongoing pandemic will not serve U.S. interests.

Verisk Maplecroft’s recently compiled 2020 Child Labour Index ranked Cambodia 28th in the world, and the highest risk among Southeast Asian countries, for the use of underage workers.
The figures, provided to the Globe this week by the UK-based global risk and consulting firm to mark World Day Against Child Labour on June 12, paint a bleak picture for child labour across the region.
Somalia was the worst performing country globally, with North Korea second, in a top ten featuring seven African countries.
Cambodia has among the highest informal employment rates in the world at 93.1% of its workforce, according to 2018 International Labour Organisation statistics. The minimum age for employment in Cambodia is 15, but 2018 statistics from the Bureau of International Labor Affairs estimated that some 237,000 of children aged 5-14 in Cambodia were in the workforce. Agriculture represented by far the largest share of child labour, with 81.9% of cases.

This article was written by  Jeffrey W. Hornung and Scott W. Harold 

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