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Research Proposal | Sugarcoated Lives, Bitter Truths Child Labor In Kenya’s Sugarcane Industry: Ethical Violations and Economic Inefficiencies

The sweetness of an industry built on child labor is real, but so is the bitter economic cost inherited by the next generation.
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Linh Khanh Pham
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Some realities do not announce themselves; they simply get handed down and shape the lives of those who inherit them.
That understanding is what drew me to this research, and to the children in Kenya's sugarcane fields who carry burdens that were never theirs. Sugarcoated Lives, Bitter Truths examines how child labor in this industry is both an ethical failure and an economic trap, because it strips children of education today and productive potential tomorrow, passing the cost silently down through generations.

Go to the profile of Linh Khanh Pham
Linh Khanh Pham
Student, University of Toronto

Hi, I am Linh Khanh Pham, a Vietnamese student and an incoming third year studying Financial Economics and Mathematics at the University of Toronto as I believe that the best way to answer questions is through numbers. That is what brought me to research, and what keeps me going. 
When I am not buried in problem sets, you will probably find me baking something (probably matcha flavored and convincing everyone around me that it belongs in everything :D)

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