Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110419:08:25:00
Factories. smith says child labor is a problem that can no longer be swept internet rug. maggie lake, cnn, new york. according to the international labor organization, an estimated 215 million children twenty ages of 5 and 17 are in the global labor force. in its 2003 study, investing in every child, the ilo estimated the cost of eliminating child labor to be around $760 billion. that figure includes the cost of introducing universal education, improving health care and subtracting children's wages from household incomes. but it said the economic benefits of wiping out child labor would be s...