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Children in the Labor Force

Informal labor
(includes street vending, begging, camel jockeying, portering, and other service industries)
Commercial labor
(includes factory work, farming, fishing, mining, quarrying, and all other forms of manufacturing)
Subject to both conditions
No significant cases reported
The International Labor Organization (ILO) defines child labor as work by children under the age of 18.

The ILO considers hazardous child labor to be "work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm the health, safety, or morals of children."