The 2016 Global Estimates of Child Labour indicate that one-fifth of all African children are involved in child labour, a proportion more than twice as high as in any other region. Nine per cent of African children are in hazardous work, again highest of all the world's regions. Africa has the largest number of child labourers; 72.1 million African children are estimated to be in child labour and 31.5 million in hazardous work (International Labour Organization, 2017). The statement means that:
Child labor reduces labor shortage
Child labor helps businesses reduce the cost of production
Child labor grooms children to become industrious and independent
Child labor deprives children of their childhoodCorrect