Every Friday, we run down the publications that hit nap.edu in the past week. Every publication is available to read for free online, so follow the links to read them on our site.
Featured Publication
Approaches to Reducing the Use of Forced or Child Labor: Summary of a Workshop on Assessing Practice (final)
Globally, child labor and forced labor are widespread and complex problems. They are conceptually different phenomena, requiring different policy responses, though they may also overlap in practice. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) was designed to reduce the use of child and forced labor in the production of goods consumed in the United States. The Act was reauthorized in 2003, 2005, and 2008.
In response to provisions of TVPA, the the Bureau of International Labor Affairs requested that the National Research Council organize a two-day workshop. The workshop, summarized in this volume, discusses methods for identifying and organizing a standard set of practices that will reduce the likelihood that persons will use forced labor or child labor to produce goods, with a focus on business and governmental practices.
All Publications This Week
Experimentation and Rapid Prototyping in Support of Counterterrorism (prepublication)
Review of the Methodology Proposed by the Food Safety and Inspection Service for Follow-up Surveillance of In-Commerce Businesses: A Letter Report (final)
Vital Statistics: Summary of a Workshop (final)
Letter Report to the U.S. Department of Education on the Race to the Top Fund (final)
Biographical Memoirs: V. 90 (final)
Sensing and Supporting Communications Capabilities for Special Operations Forces (final)
Toward a Universal Radio Frequency System for Special Operations Forces (final)