Child Labor and Islamic Micro Credit Access
Bintang Rizky Abdullah Majo Saibah

Economics, Andalas University, Jl. Rangkayo Rasuna Said, Kubu Gadang, Payakumbuh Utara, Kota Payakumbuh, Sumatera Barat 26218, Indonesia
bintangrizky[at]eb.unand.ac.id

Abstract

Child labor is a disturbing problem, because children has the right to obtain education, to receive protection, love and to enjoy his childhood. In many cases, poverty is the main reason of unpleasant childhood. Poverty makes the parents powerless to carry out their roles in the economic sector, and are forced to send their children to work. Working children will lose the opportunity to go to school thus will face difficulties in finding decent job in the future. In other words, reducing child labor is an active intermediary in reducing poverty. United nation is committed to reducing poverty in all aspects by 2030. This commitment is poured into the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Several studies has shown that the ease of obtaining credit access in households is helping in reducing the number of child worker. This paper examines the correlation between child labor with micro credit access of Baitul Mall wat Tamwil (BMT) and Islamic Banking in Indonesia.

Keywords: Child Labor, Sustainable Development Goals, Baitul Mall wat Tamwil, Islamic Banking

Topic: Islamic Micro finance

Link: https://ifory.id/abstract-plain/fpgBNKqbVcZA

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