Analysing the Effects of Crop Shocks on Child Work: the Case of the Morondava District in Madagascar

In a context where credit is squeezed, the shocks to which household are exposed impact on child work. This article analyses the impact of a drought on the Morondava rural district in Madagascar in 2006. This is a rice growing area. We used data from the surveys conducted by the Réseau des Observatoires Ruraux (ROR) to test the validity of the effect of the shock on child labour, and to explore the impact of the credit squeeze and the relevance of buffer-stock hypothesis.