The International Labor Organization estimates that 250 million children in developing countries between the ages of 5 and 14 are working either full- or part-time. The estimate of the percentage of children working within particular countries is as high as 42 percent in Kenya. Among the reasons cited for the rise in child labor are population increases and poverty.

a. Why do firms hire children as workers?

b. Why do children work?

c. What considerations should be taken into account by countries when deciding whether to implement an international ban on trade for products made with child labor?