Child Labor
19 December 2020 (Wall Street International)* — Life and livelihood are tied in the same thread in recent times. There have been various problems and worries about livelihood. Many lives have stopped for Covid-19. This epidemic time explains that life is a struggle for survival. So, we have to struggle and survive. This world is very cruel today. However, many people have been accustomed to and familiar with this cruelty for many years.
Poor children and street children understand what the urge for livelihood is, what hunger means. In developing countries like Bangladesh, the rate of child labor is very high. This number has also increased significantly in Covid-19.
According to the South Asia Economic Focus report of the World Bank published in October, the number of poor people in Bangladesh has doubled during the Corona period. The poverty rate has increased from 12.5 percent to 22 percent. According to a report by the World Bank, Bangladesh’s economic growth could fall from 7% to two or three percent in the event of a Coronavirus.
After Covid-19 the number will increase drastically. The World Bank’s South Asian Economic Focus report, released on October 6, predicts that GDP growth could fall to 1.8 percent in the current fiscal year. The World Bank says that in the same period, Bangladesh’s economic growth will be two to three percent. The situation will get worse in 2021.
*SOURCE: Wall Street International. Go to ORIGINAL.
Source: https://human-wrongs-watch.net/2020/12/20/child-labor/
