United States Department of Labor

ILAB in Bolivia

Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor & Human Trafficking (OCFT) Technical Cooperation Projects Naupaqman Puriy Kereimba: Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in Bolivia (PDF) Midterm Evaluation (PDF) Combating the Worst Forms of Child Labor through Horizontal Cooperation in South America [PDF] Closed Projects National Child Labor Surveys in Selected Countries [PDF] Research on Forced Labor in the Production of Goods in Selected Countries: A Verite Multi-Stake Initiative (PDF) Combating Exploitive Child Labor through Education in Bolivia (PDF) Midterm Evaluation (PDF) Combating Mining Child Labor Through Education in Bolivia [PDF] Final Evaluation (PDF) Program to Prevent and Progressively Eliminate Child Labor in Small-Scale Traditional Gold Mining in South America, Phases 1 & 2 (Closed) [PDF] Final Evaluation — Phase I (PDF) Final Evaluation — Phase II (PDF) Community Based Innovations to Combat Child Labor Through Education I & II (circle I & II) [PDF] Final Evaluation (PDF) Final Evaluation (Latin America) (PDF)

U.S. Department of Labor's Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor

This annual report, required by the Trade and Development Act of 2000, presents the findings of the Secretary of Labor with respect to trade beneficiary countries' implementation of international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor.

• 2009 Report (PDF)
• 2008 Report (PDF)
• 2007 Report (PDF)
• 2006 Report (PDF)
• 2005 Report (PDF)
• 2004 Report (PDF)
• 2003 Report (PDF)
• 2002 Report (PDF)
• 2001 Report (PDF)

The Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA)

The Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) was enacted in 1991 to combat drug production and trafficking in the Andean countries: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The program offers trade benefits to help these countries develop and strengthen legitimate industries. ATPA was expanded under the Trade Act of 2002 by the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act. Section 207 of the ATPA requires the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with other appropriate federal agencies, to undertake a continuing review and analysis of the impact of the implementation of the ATPA on U.S. labor. The legislation also directs the Secretary to submit an annual report to the Congress that presents a summary of the results of the review and analysis.

On November 25, 2008, based on Bolivia’s failure to meet ATPA eligibility criteria related to counternarcotics cooperation, President Bush suspended Bolivia’s designation as a beneficiary country under the ATPA, effective December 15, 2008. As a result, the 16th annual report is the last report in this series that includes Bolivia.

• 16th Annual Report (covers 2008) (PDF)
• 15th Annual Report (covers 2007) (PDF)
• 14th Annual Report (covers 2006) (PDF)
• 13th Annual Report (covers 2005) (PDF)
• 12th Annual Report (covers 2004) (PDF)
• 11th Annual Report (covers 2003) (PDF)
• 10th Annual Report (covers 2002)
• 9th Annual Report (covers 2001) (PDF)
• 8th Annual Report (covers 2000)
• 7th Annual Report (covers 1999)
• 6th Annual Report (covers 1998)
• 5th Annual Report (covers 1997)
• 4th Annual Report (covers 1996)

For more information about the ATPA, please visit the USTR Web site.