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References for Bonded Labour in Nepal

Poverty, discrimination and slavery. The reality of bonded labour in India, Nepal and Pakistan, K. Prasad Upadhyaya, op. cit., pp7-8. (Not available online)

 Nepal - Debt Bondage within the Kamaiya and Haliya/Haruwa Systems, Report by Dr Shiva Sharma, General Secretary, Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC), Kathmandu, Nepal. for the United Nations Economic and Social Council Commission on Human Rights Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and protection of Minorities, Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, 24th Session, Geneva, 23 June - 2 July 1999. (Not available online)

More Resources

 Forced Labour: Facts and Figures, The cost of coercion: Regional Perspectives, ILO, Geneva, 2009, p17.

South Asian Debt Bondage Study - BASELINE STUDY FOR NEPAL, October 2001  CMF / CEAPRED Research Team, International Labour Organization Social Finance Unit.

Poverty, Discrimination and Slavery:The reality of bonded labour in India, Nepal and Pakistan, Anti-Slavery International 2008.