U.S. Government Funded Research Projects on Trafficking in Persons FY02-07 (By Fiscal Year)
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Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Washington, DC
September 17, 2008
| Fiscal Year |
Funding Bureau | Country | Grantee | Description | Link |
| 2008 | HSTC | US | n/a | Desk research conducted to determine the links between human trafficking and countries participating in the US Visa Waiver Program. | |
| 2008 | HSTC | Europe and Russia | n/a | Eight site visits to obtain qualitative information on means and methods used by host country officials to recognize vicitms, employ preventive measures, protect victims, and determine investigative methodology. | |
| 2008 | HSTC | US | n/a | Spanish Translation of the HSTC Fact Sheet, Distinctions Between Human Smuggling and Human Trafficking. | |
| 2008 | HSTC | US | n/a | Special Report on the Basic Enforcement Tools in Human Trafficking Cases: This is a brief primer, guide or overview of the legal tools, statutes and laws that are available to DOJ attorneys, and law enforcement investigators, in human trafficking cases. |
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| 2008 | HSTC | Global | n/a | Special Report concerning U.S. Law Enforcement and Forced Child Labor enforcement. The purpose of this publication is to make a clear distinction between FCL investigations abroad and domestic TIP investigations and the corresponding approaches used for each. Recommendations are made which will bring the enforcement of FCL violations more closely aligned with the enforcement of TIP cases in the U.S. |
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| 2008 | HSTC | US | n/a | Created an extensive electronic reference library for use in human trafficking research by HSTC participants. | |
| 2007 | DOJ | Global | Caliber Associates/American Prosecutors Research Institute | Prosecuting Human Trafficking Cases: Lessons Learned and Best Practices from the United States and Abroad. | Research is not yet completed. |
| 2007 | DOJ | US | Columbia University | Local Actors and US Anti-Trafficking Policy: Interpretation, Mediation, and Implementation. | Dissertation Research in progress |
| 2007 | DOJ/OJP/NIJ | China/Asia/US | Rutgers University | The Transnational Movement of Chinese Women for Commercial Sex Acts. | Research is not yet completed. |
| 2007 | DOJ/OJP/NIJ | Mexico/US | San Diego State University | Sex Trafficking in the Border Community: A Field Study of Sex Trafficking in Tijuana. | Research is not yet completed. |
| 2007 | DOJ/OJP/NIJ | Global | Georgetown University | Comprehensive literature review of published articles on TIP that will include categorization by use of TVPA definition, population, methods and peer review. For use by Field. | Research is not yet completed. |
| 2007 | DOJ/OJP/NIJ | US | National Opinion Research Center | Research to address: (1) the estimated number and demographic characteristics of persons engaged in acts of severe forms of TIP; (2) the number of investigations, arrests, prosecutions, and incarcerations of persons engaged in acts of severe forms of TIP and commercial sex acts, by States and their political subdivisions; (3) the estimated value in dollars of the commercial sex economy and (4) a description of the differences in the enforcement of laws related to unlawful commercial sex acts. | Research is not yet completed. |
| 2007 | DOJ/OJP/BJS | US | Northeastern University | Develop and implement a data collection protocol for state and local criminal justice information on TIP. The project will assist law enforcement and other agencies in developing standard definitions of human trafficking cases and methods to collect and report data on cases involving human trafficking offenders. Develop a protocol for transmitting standardized data to BJS for analysis and dissemination. | |
| 2007 | DOL | Global | Under the Trade and Development Act of 2001 the Department of Labor is responsible for preparing a report on the efforts of certain US trade beneficiary countries' to combat the worst forms of child labor. | Available from DOL | |
| 2007 | DOL/ILAB | India, Nepal, Pakistan | Macro International | Research on children working in the carpet industry of India, Nepal and Pakistan. | Not yet completed |
| 2007 | HSTC | US | n/a | Special Report to Congress on the Links Between Trafficking in Persons and Terrorism, specifically assessing links between the proceeds of trafficking and terrorist finance. | |
| 2007 | USAID | Kosovo | CRS | Research study into the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of Kosovars about TIP. | |
| 2007 | USAID/E&E | EUR Region | International Centre for Migration Policy Development | Listening to Victims: Experiences of Identification, Return and Assistance in Southeastern Europe. | |
| 2007 | USAID/E&E | EUR/ Eurasia | Creative Associates International | Examining the Intersection Between Trafficking in Persons and Domestic Violence. | |
| 2007 | USAID/Egypt | Egypt | Chemonics International | Anti-Trafficking Assessment in Egypt. | Read research |
| 2007 | USAID/WID | Global | Chemonics International | The Rehabilitation of Victims of Trafficking in Group Residential Facilities in Foreign Countries: A Study Conducted Pursuant to the Trafficking Victim Protection Reauthorization Act, 2005. |
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| 2007 | USAID/WID | Global | Chemonics International | Literature Review: The Rehabilitation of Victims of Trafficking in Group Residential Facilitites in Foreign Countries. | Read research |
| 2007 | USAID/WID | Regional - Latin America and Caribbean | Chemonics International | USAID Anti-Trafficking Assessments in Latin America and the Caribbean: a Synthesis and Analysis. | Read research |
| 2007 | USAID/WID | AF Region | Chemonics International | USAID Anti-Trafficking in Persons Programs in Africa: A Review. | See dec.usaid.gov |
| 2007 | USAID/WID | Zambia | Chemonics International | Framework and Draft Legislation to Combat Human Trafficking in Zambia: Development of an Effective National Policy. | See dec.usaid.gov |
| 2006 | DHS/U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services/ Office of Policy and Strategy | US | Studied application for T-nonimmigrant status. Provides temporary immigration benefits for aliens who are victims of severe forms of TIP and their immediate family members. | ||
| 2006 | DOJ/OJP/NIJ | Global | Harvard University/John F. Kennedy School of Government | The Government Innovators Network and the National Institute of Justice of the U.S. Department of Justice hosted this online event to examine human sex trafficking. Online event can be viewed on the site. | Must register/log in and search on Trafficking: http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/mmedia_preview.html?id=13231 |
| 2006 | DOL | Nepal | ILO/IPEC | Study on Demand Side of trafficking of Children and Woment in Nepal. | Not yet completed |
| 2006 | DOL | Nepal | ILO/IPEC | A Study on Girls and Women Emplyed in the Restaurants of Selected Cities in Nepal. | Not yet completed |
| 2006 | DOL | Guinea | ILO/IPEC | Survey of Child Labor with module on trafficking of children. | Survey underway in 2008 |
| 2006 | DOL/ILAB | Benin | ILO/IPEC | Survey of Child Labor with module on trafficking of children. | Not yet completed |
| 2006 | DOL/ILAB | Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, and Togo | ILO/IPEC | Assessment of Local Surveillance Committees: Lessons Learned and Best Practices. | Not yet completed |
| 2006 | DOL/ILAB | Ivory Coast | ILO/IPEC | Trafficking Module in Living Standards Survey. | Research is not yet completed. |
| 2006 | DOL/ILAB | Mali | ILO/IPEC | Report of the sub-regional forum on the migration of children: At risk of trafficking and exploitation: what are the stakes for talibés? | French: Available from ILO/IPEC |
| 2006 | DOL/ILAB | Mali and Senegal | ILO/IPEC | Demand Side Study from the Perspective of Employers' Organizations. | French: Available from ILO/IPEC |
| 2006 | DOS/GTIP | AF Region | IOM | Research on the trafficking of males between East Africa and the Horn to South Africa. | Not yet completed |
| 2006 | DOS/GTIP | Nepal | Nepal Institute of Developmental Studies (Ganesh Gurung) | Assessment of human trafficking and foreign employment of Nepalese citizens, documenting patterns of foreign employment to determine vulnerabilities of migrant workers and trafficking victims. | |
| 2006 | DOS/GTIP | Philippines | Verite | Research on male trafficking victims in the Philippines, particularly for agriculture, construction, and seafaring. | Not yet completed |
| 2006 | DOS/GTIP | Serbia | Victimology Society of Serbia | Research on male victims of trafficking including collection of data about its scope, manifestations, main channels, characteristics of victims, victimization risks, process and factors as well as about existing responses of both governmental and non-governmental organizations. | Not yet completed |
| 2006 | HHS/ASPE | US | Caliber Associates | Nine site visits to obtain qualitative information on how various health and human service programs are currently addressing the needs of human trafficking victims, including domestic victims, with a priority focus on domestic youth; to identify statutory, policy, programmatic, or any other barriers to providing comprehensive and effective services to this population, and provide useful information regarding "promising practices" in serving TIP victims. Select promising practices to improve health services to trafficking victims will be highlighted at a symposium on the health needs of TIP victims in September 2008. | http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/07/humantrafficking/index.htm. |
| 2006 | HSTC | US | n/a | Assessment of Trafficked Migrant Farm Labor. | |
| 2006 | HSTC | US | n/a | Guide explaining the differences and interrelationships between human smuggling and human trafficking. Understanding the basic principals outlined to assist law enforcement and others in identifying differences and legal issues relating to each of these crimes. | |
| 2006 | HSTC | Canada/US | n/a | US / Canada Binational Assessment of Trafficking in Persons. | |
| 2006 | USAID/ Ukraine | EUR Region | IOM/Nebraska | Estimating the Extent of Out-Migration Human Trafficking in 5 Eastern European Countries (Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Belarus, and Bulgaria). | Available from IOM |
| 2006 | USAID/WID | Global | Chemonics International | Literature Review: Trafficking in Humanitarian Emergencies. | Read research |
| 2006 | USAID/WID | Global | Chemonics International | Literature Review: Trafficking in Post-Conflict Situations. | Read research |
| 2006 | USAID/WID | Cambodia | Chemonics International | International Justice Mission: Anti-Trafficking Program in Cambodia - Assessment. | Read research |
| 2006 | USAID/WID | Albania | Chemonics International | Anti-trafficking evaluation in Albania. | Read research |
| 2006 | USAID/WID | Dominican Republic | Chemonics International | Anti-trafficking assessment in the Dominican Republic. | See dec.usaid.gov |
| 2006 | USAID/WID | Ecuador | Chemonics International | Anti-trafficking assessment in Ecuador. | See dec.usaid.gov |
| 2006 | USAID/WID | Indonesia | Chemonics International | Analysis of U.S. Government funded anti-trafficking activities in Indonesia. | See dec.usaid.gov |
| 2006 | USAID/WID | Nicaragua | Chemonics International | Anti-Trafficking Assessment in Nicaragua. | See dec.usaid.gov |
| 2005 | DHS/USCIS | Global | Library of Congress, Federal Research Division | Report on the nature of programs to provide assistance to trafficked persons in selected foreign countries. | |
| 2005 | DOJ/OJP/NIJ | US | Caliber Associates | Law Enforcement Response to Human Trafficking and the Implications for Victims: Current Practices and Lessons Learned: Identification of current law enforcement responses to human trafficking, the implications of such responses for victims, and the best practices and lessons learned by law enforcement and the partners they collaborate with on trafficking cases (e.g., victim service providers, attorneys, etc.). | http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/216547.pdf |
| 2005 | DOJ/OJP/NIJ | US | Caliber Associates | Estimating Human Trafficking into the United States: Development of a Methodology. | http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/215475.pdf |
| 2005 | DOJ/OJP/NIJ | US | Caliber Associates | Evaluation of Comprehensive Services for Victims of Human Trafficking: Key Findings and Lessons Learned: In-depth study of sites funded by the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act grant program for victim services; evaluation is intended to build knowledge that will help ensure the services are conceptually well-developed and field-tested. | http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/218777.pdf |
| 2005 | DOJ/OJP/NIJ | US | Croft Institute for International Studies | Case studies of trafficking in Southwest Florida, Chicago, and Washington D.C. | Read research |
| 2005 | DOJ/OJP/NIJ | US | Georgetown University | Victims No Longer: Research on Child Survivors of Trafficking for Sexual and Labor Exploitation in the United States. | http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/221891.pdf |
| 2005 | DOJ/OJP/NIJ | US | Northeastern University | Understanding and Improving Law Enforcement Responses to Human Trafficking. | http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/222752.pdf |
| 2005 | DOJ/OJP/NIJ | US | Vera Institute | Multi-site pilot test of a data collection instrument used to identify and gather data from individual victims of trafficking that may be of use in subsequent data collection efforts and provide information to law enforcement, service providers, and government officials on this hidden population. | Research is not yet completed. |
| 2005 | DOJ/OJP/NIJ and OVC | US | Abt Associates Inc | Final Report on the Evaluation of the First Offender Prostitution Program, AND Final Report on the Evaluation of the First Offender Prostitution Program: Report Summary. | http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/221894.pdf |
| 2005 | DOJ/OJP/NIJ and OVC | US | Development Services Group | Evaluation of two prostitution intervention programs, providing policymakers with insight on alternative justice system responses to prostitution. | |
| 2005 | DOL/ILAB | Bangladesh | ILO/IPEC | Pilot Survey on National Level Estimation of CSEC. | Ongoing activity, report to be available in 2009 |
| 2005 | DOL/ILAB | Cameroon | ILO/IPEC | Situation of Child Trafficking in the Center, North Ouest and Littoral Provinces. | Available from ILO |
| 2005 | DOL/ILAB | Madagascar | ILO/IPEC | Survey of Child Labor with module on trafficking of children. | Research is not yet completed. |
| 2005 | DOL/ILAB | Ivory Coast | ILO/IPEC | Child Labor Exploitation in the Displaced and Refugee Communities. | French: Available from ILO/IPEC |
| 2005 | DOL/ILAB | Nigeria | ILO/IPEC | Child Trafficking in Asewele, Ondo State. | French: Available from ILO/IPEC |
| 2005 | DOL/ILAB | Nigeria | ILO/IPEC | Occupational Health and Safety Survey of Trafficked Children in the Mines of Jos (Plateau State). | French: Available from ILO/IPEC |
| 2005 | DOL/ILAB | Brazil | ILO/IPEC | Children Involved in Commercial Sexual Exploitation: A Rapid Assessment.* | Research is not yet completed. |
| 2005 | DOL/ILAB | Ecuador | ILO/IPEC | Child Trafficking: A Rapid Assessment in Ecuador.* | Research is not yet completed. |
| 2005 | DOL/ILAB | Mexico | ILO/IPEC | Study on the magnitude and characteristics of CSEC victims in three Mexican states.* | Research is not yet completed. |
| 2005 | DOL/ILAB | Mozambique | American Institutes for Research | Study of child domestic workers in rural and urban areas, probes issue of child trafficking where possible.* | Research is not yet completed. |
| 2005 | DOL/ILAB | Mozambique | American Institutes for Research | Survey of prostituted children in Mozambique.* | Research is not yet completed. |
| 2005 | DOL/ILAB | Global | ILO/IPEC | Manual on child labour rapid assessment methodology. | Read Research |
| 2005 | DOL/ILAB | Global | ILO/IPEC | Synthesized report on selected rapid assessment and national reports on the worst forms of child labor. | Not yet available online |
| 2005 | DOS/GTIP | US | Prostitution Research & Education | Prostitution and Trafficking in Nevada: Making the Connections. | http://www.prostitutionresearch.com/ |
| 2005 | DOS/GTIP | SCA Region | Harvard School of Public Health | HIV Prevalence and Predictors of Infection in Sex Trafficked Nepalese Girls and Women. | Available from the Journal of the American Medical Assoc. (08/01/07 Ed.) http://jama.ama-assn.org/ |
| 2005 | DOS/GTIP | Global | Syracuse Maxwell School | Creation of a tool to monitor and evaluate anti-trafficking programs. | |
| 2005 | DOS/GTIP | Hungary | Princeton University | Assessment of police attitudes toward TIP in Hungary; development of an analytical framework for improving data collection on TIP. | |
| 2005 | DOS/GTIP | Global | The Protection Project | International Child Sex Tourism: Scope of the Problem and Comparative Case Studies. | http://www.protectionproject.org/ |
| 2005 | DOS/PRM | Global | IOM | Data collection based on international TIP repatriations. | |
| 2005 | DOS/PRM | Mozambique / SADC region | IOM | Study on TIP routes between Mozambique and Southern Africa. | |
| 2005 | DOS/PRM | Regional | IOM | Exploratory assessment of TIP in the Caribbean Region. | Read research |
| 2005 | HSTC | n/a | n/a | Factsheet of the differences and interrelationship between human smuggling and TIP. | |
| 2005 | USAID/Benin | Benin | UNICEF | Study of child trafficking in Benin. | See dec.usaid.gov |
| 2005 | USAID/WID | Guatemala | Chemonics International | Review of anti-trafficking activities in Guatemala. | Read research |
| 2005 | USAID/WID | Jamaica | Chemonics International | Anti-trafficking assessment in Jamaica. | Read research |
| 2005 | USAID/WID | Nigeria | Chemonics International | Anti-trafficking assessment in Nigeria. | Read research |
| 2004 | DOJ/OJP/NIJ | US | Intramural NIJ | Summary of research in the area of child sexual exploitation. | Jay Albanese, ed. Transnational Crime (de Sitter, 2005) |
| 2004 | DOJ/OJP/NIJ | US | Intramural NIJ | Content analysis of media reports of human trafficking cases in 18 American cities over the course of one calendar year. | Jay Albanese, ed. Transnational Crime (de Sitter, 2005) |
| 2004 | DOL/ILAB | Ivory Coast | ILO/IPEC | Situation of Child Trafficking in the Mining Sector. | Available from ILO/IPEC |
| 2004 | DOL/ILAB | Ivory Coast | ILO/IPEC | Situation of Child Trafficking in the Urban Informal Sector. | Available from ILO/IPEC |
| 2004 | DOL/ILAB | Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay | ILO/IPEC | Prevention and Withdrawal: Good Practices and Lessons Learned Related to the Prevention and Elimination of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Girls, Boys and Adolescents (2005).* | Read research |
| 2004 | DOL/ILAB | Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay | ILO/IPEC | Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in Argentinian, Brazilian, and Paraguayan Legislation: Harmonization Alternatives for MERCOSUR (La explotación sexual comercial de niños, niñas y adolescentes en las legislaciones de Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay: Alternativas de armonización para el Mercosur) (2004).* | Read research (Spanish) |
| 2004 | DOL/ILAB | Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Mali, Nigeria, Togo | ILO/IPEC | Toward the Harmonization of Anti-Child Trafficking Laws in the National Legal Systems of West and Central Africa (Vers une harmonisation des systèmes juridiques nationaux en matière de lutte contre le trafic des enfants en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre) (2004).* | Read research (French) |
| 2004 | DOL/ILAB | Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Mali, Nigeria, Togo | ILO/IPEC | Research on demand-side factors and the dynamics of the labor market in relation to child trafficking.* | Research is not yet completed. |
| 2004 (continuation of earlier program) | DOL/ILAB | Brazil | ILO/IPEC | Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in Foz do Iguaçu (Exploração Sexual Comercial de Crianças e Adolescentes, Foz do Iguaçu) (2002).* | Read research (Portuguese) |
| 2004 (continuation of earlier program) | DOL/ILAB | Brazil | ILO/IPEC | Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in Brazilian Legislation: Gaps and Recommendations (A exploração sexual comercial de crianças e adolescentes na legislação brasileira – lacunas e recomendações) (2002).* | Read research (Portuguese) |
| 2004 | DOL/ILAB | Brazil | ILO/IPEC | Law Enforcement in Brazil: Collection of Good Practices and Lessons Learned Related to the Prevention and Elimination of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Girls, Boys and Adolescents (2005).* | Read research |
| 2004 | DOL/ILAB | Brazil | ILO/IPEC | Income Generation: Collection of Good Practices and Lessons Learned Related to the Prevention and Elimination of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Girls, Boys and Adolescents (2005).* | Read research |
| 2004 | DOL/ILAB | Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru | ILO/IPEC | Study on the demand for commercial sexual exploitation, and mapping of the supply in these four countries.* | Read research (Spanish) |
| 2004 | DOL/ILAB | Colombia, Paraguay, Peru | ILO/IPEC | Study on the relationship between child domestic labor and CSEC in these three countries.* | Research is not yet completed. |
| 2004 | DOL/ILAB | Dominican Republic | ILO/IPEC | Study of the causes, magnitude and mechanisms of trafficking in children for CSEC from the Dominican Republic to Europe.* | Research is not yet completed. |
| 2004 | DOL/ILAB | Dominican Republic | ILO/IPEC | El Trabajo Infantil en la Legislación Dominicana: Recopilacion de normas nacionales y convenios internacionales que regulan el trabajo infantil. | Read research (Spanish) |
| 2004 | DOL/ILAB | Dominican Republic | ILO/IPEC | Identification of Good Practices on countering CSEC.* | Research is not yet completed. |
| 2004 | DOL/ILAB | Haiti, India, Ivory Coast, Togo | Free the Slaves | Physical and Mental Health Aspects of Rehabilitating Children Freed from Slavery. In Linking Theory and Practice. | Read research |
| 2004 | DOL/ILAB | Global | ILO/IPEC | Manual on methodologies for using surveys to collect data on child labour, including trafficking. | Read research |
| 2004 | DOL/ILAB | Global | ILO/IPEC | Lessons learned when investigating the worst forms of child labour using the rapid assessment methodology. | Read research |
| 2004 (continuation of earlier program) | DOL/ILAB | Paraguay | ILO/IPEC | Legal Framework to Combat Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents (Marco legal para confrontación de la explotación sexual comercial de niñas, niños y adolescentes) (2002).* | Read research (Spanish) |
| 2004 (continuation of earlier program) | DOL/ILAB | Paraguay | ILO/IPEC | Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in Ciudad del Este (Explotación Sexual Comercial de Niñas y Adolescentes, Ciudad del Este) (2002).* | Read research (Spanish) |
| 2004 | DOS/GTIP | Ecuador | American Bar Association | Country assessment of legal institutions and framework for dealing with TIP.* | |
| 2004 | DOS/GTIP | Global | Shared Hope and The Protection Project | Comparative legal analysis on child sex tourism and sex trafficking.* | http://www.protectionproject.org/ |
| 2004 | DOS/GTIP | Global | University of Rhode Island, Dr. Donna Hughes | Best practices to address the demand side of sex trafficking. | Read research |
| 2004 | DOS/GTIP | India | Balaji Pandey | Study of bonded labor in India. | |
| 2004 | DOS/GTIP | Kenya | Solidarity Center | Survey on trafficking for labor exploitation.* | |
| 2004 | DOS/GTIP | Kyrgyz Republic | Bakubat | Compilation of marriage and divorce court statistics for information on bride kidnapping.* | |
| 2004 | DOS/GTIP | Morocco | Ministry of Interior | Support for the Ministry of Interior in developing reliable statistics on trafficking and smuggling and for producing periodic TIP reports.* | |
| 2004 | DOS/GTIP | Peru | Capital Humana y Social | Support for the creation of a statistical data collection system that will register and track cases of trafficking in Peru, facilitating the measurement of the problem and the effectiveness of efforts to combat it. | |
| 2004 | DOS/GTIP | Regional, Central America | UNICEF | Improvement of national data collection efforts and institutional capacity to share data regionally.* | |
| 2004 | DOS/GTIP | Vietnam | Univ. of Iowa College of Law, Mark Sidel | Legal analysis of the Vietnamese Labor Code. | |
| 2004 | DOS/GTIP | Yemen | UNICEF | Brief assessment of child trafficking in Northern Yemen.* | |
| 2004 | DOS/PRM | Regional, Central America | IOM | Development of a database of migrant unaccompanied children, as well as family members seeking reunification with lost migrant children, in order to assist implementing partner Casa Alianza (Covenant House) in reuniting families and repatriating and reintegrating children.* | |
| 2004 | HSTC | US | n/a | Report on instances and prosecution of trafficking in Florida, including recent efforts to combat TIP. | |
| 2004 | HSTC | US | n/a | Report on instances and prosecution of trafficking and sex tourism in the Northeast U.S., including recent efforts to combat TIP. | |
| 2004 | USAID | Jamaica | People's Action for Community Transformation in Jamaica | Project to gather data on the extent of trafficking in Jamaica.* | See dec.usaid.gov |
| 2004 | USAID/ANE | Regional, East Asia | Development Alternatives, Inc. | Mapping of TIP in Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia, and the Philippines.* | See dec.usaid.gov |
| 2004 | USAID/LAC | Peru | Human and Social Capital | Design of a database to register and track TIP cases; database will make it possible to measure the extent of TIP in Peru, the characteristics of the problem, and the effectiveness of anti-TIP efforts. | See dec.usaid.gov |
| 2004 | USAID/WID | Regional, Europe and Eurasia | Development Alternatives, Inc. | Study on best practices in programs to prevent trafficking in persons in Europe and Eurasia. | Read research |
| 2004 | USAID/WID | Global | Development Alternatives, Inc. | Literature review and analysis related to human trafficking in post-conflict situations. | Read research |
| 2004 | USAID/WID | Latin America Regional | Development Alternatives, Inc. | Literature review of trafficking in persons in Latin America and the Caribbean. | Read research |
| 2004 | USAID/WID | Liberia | Development Alternatives, Inc. | Assessment of the situation of women and children combatants in Liberia's post-conflict period and recommendations for successful integration. | Read research |
| 2004 | USAID/WID | Senegal | Development Alternatives, Inc. | Study on the practice of trafficking in persons in Senegal. | See dec.usaid.gov |
| 2004 | USAID/WID | Serbia and Montenegro | Chemonics International | Anti-trafficking assessment in Serbia and Montenegro. | Read research |
| 2003 | DOJ/OJP/NIJ | US | Caliber Associates | Report on the range and responsiveness of services currently available to victims of international trafficking in persons; assessment of how services and capabilities can be improved to better serve the victims of trafficking. | Read research |
| 2003 | DOL/ILAB | Botswana | ILO/IPEC | A Rapid Assessment of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Botswana. | Available from ILO/IPEC |
| 2003 | DOL/ILAB | AF Region | ILO/IPEC | Children in worst forms of child labor (including trafficking) in South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland. | Available from ILO/IPEC |
| 2003 | DOL/ILAB | Botswana | ILO/IPEC | A Rapid Assessment of Child Trafficking and Other Migration Related Child Labor in Botswana. | Available from ILO/IPEC |
| 2003 | DOL/ILAB | Namibia | ILO/IPEC | A Rapid Assessment of Child Trafficking and Other Migration Related Child Labor in Namibia. | Available from ILO/IPEC |
| 2003 | DOL/ILAB | Swaziland | ILO/IPEC | A Rapid Assessment of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Swaziland. | Available from ILO/IPEC |
| 2003 | DOL/ILAB | Swaziland | ILO/IPEC | A Rapid Assessment of Child Trafficking and Other Migration Related Child Labor in Swaziland. | Finalized, available from ILO/IPEC |
| 2003 | DOL/ILAB | Indonesia | ILO/IPEC | Child Trafficking for Prostitution in Jakarta and West Java: A Rapid Assessment.* | Available from ILO/IPEC |
| 2003 | DOL/ILAB | Indonesia | ILO/IPEC | Child Trafficking for Prostitution in Central Java, Yogyakarta and East Java: A Rapid Assessment.* | Available from ILO/IPEC |
| 2003 | DOL/ILAB | Indonesia | ILO/IPEC | Children Involved in the Production, Sale and Distribution of Illicit Drugs in Jakarta: A Rapid Assessment.* | Available from ILO/IPEC |
| 2003 | DOL/ILAB | South Africa | ILO/IPEC | Children in Commercial Sexual Exploitation: A Rapid Assessment.* | Available from ILO/IPEC |
| 2003 | DOL/ILAB | South Africa | ILO/IPEC | Child Trafficking: A Rapid Assessment.* | Available from ILO/IPEC |
| 2003 | DOL/ILAB | Global | ILO/IPEC | Ethical considerations when conducting research on children in the worst forms of child labour in Nepal. | Read research |
| 2003 | DOS/GTIP | Bangladesh | OPDAT | Maintenance of a TIP database by police.* | |
| 2003 | DOS/GTIP | Belize | IOM | Research on trafficking of adults. | |
| 2003 | DOS/GTIP | Global | IOM | Expansion of the IOM Counter-Trafficking Module (CTM) Database from a pilot program in the Balkan Region to a global database for management of case information gathered from all counter-trafficking activities conducted by IOM. | |
| 2003 | DOS/GTIP | Syria | IOM | Research study of TIP in Syria | |
| 2003 | DOS/GTIP | Thailand | RTG | Development and maintenance of a national TIP database.* | |
| 2003 | HHS/ACF | US | Univ. of Rhode Island, Dr. Donna Hughes | A practical guide to identifying trafficking victims in the U.S. | Read research |
| 2003 | USAID/AFR | Democratic Republic of Congo | International Rescue Committee | Identification of the nature and extent of trafficking in persons by armed factions.* | See dec.usaid.gov |
| 2003 | USAID/E&E | Georgia | MSI | Rapid appraisal of trafficking in Georgia. | See dec.usaid.gov |
| 2003 | USAID/E&E | Uzbekistan | IOM | Assessment of trafficking in Uzbekistan.* | See dec.usaid.gov |
| 2003 | USAID/LAC | Bolivia | OAS/Inter-American Commission of Women | Research on the social, legal, economic, and cultural aspects of TIP in Bolivia, as well as the government's response.* | Read research (Spanish) |
| 2003 | USAID/LAC | Mexico | OAS/Inter-American Commission of Women | Research on the social, legal, economic, and cultural aspects of TIP in Mexico, as well as the government's response.* | See dec.usaid.gov |
| 2003 | USAID/ Ukraine | Ukraine | Winrock International | Detailed description of a trafficking prevention project in Ukraine, 1998-2004. | Read research |
| 2003 | USAID/ Ukraine | Ukraine | Winrock International | Practical guide to helping survivors of human trafficking. | Read research |
| 2002 | DOJ/OJP/NIJ | China | California State University | Examination of the structure and operation of Chinese human smuggling organizations. | Read research |
| 2002 | DOJ/OJP/NIJ | US, Mexico, Canada | University of Pennsylvania | Collection of baseline data concerning the prevalence of child sexual exploitation in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. | Read research |
| 2002 | DOL/ILAB | Cambodia | World Education | Best Practices handbook documenting the experiences of project partners in using education interventions to combat trafficking and CSEC.* | Research is not yet completed. |
| 2002 | DOL/ILAB | Sri Lanka | ILO/IPEC | Pilot studies focused on developing a trafficking-specific child tracing methodology, being carried out within an ongoing project working to prevent and rehabilitate children involved in trafficking.* | Available from ILO/IPEC |
| 2002 | DOL/ILAB | Brazil | ILO | Study to identify products made with forced labor in Brazil.* | Available from the ILO |
| 2002 | DOL/ILAB | Dominican Republic | ILO/IPEC | Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors in Dominican Republic (Explotación sexual commercial de personas menores de edad en República Dominicana) (2002).* | Read research (Spanish) |
| 2002 | DOL/ILAB | Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua | ILO/IPEC | Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in Guatemala (Explotación sexual commercial de personas niños, niñas y adolescentes en Guatemala) (2003).* | Read research (Spanish) |
| 2002 | DOL/ILAB | Haiti, Niger, Ghana, Pakistan | ILO/IPEC | Le travail forcé des enfants: mécanismes et caractéristiques. | Read research (French) |
| 2002 | DOL/ILAB | Honduras | ILO/IPEC | Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in Honduras (Explotación sexual commercial de personas niños, niñas y adolescentes en Honduras) (2002).* | Read research (Spanish) |
| 2002 | DOL/ILAB | Indonesia, Phillipines, Thailand | ILO/IPEC | The Use of Children in the Production, Sales and Trafficking of Drugs: Intervention Models (2004).* | Read research |
| 2002 | DOL/ILAB | Indonesia, Phillipines, Thailand | ILO/IPEC | The Use of Children in the Production, Sales and Trafficking of Drugs: A Synthesis of Participatory Action-Oriented Research Programs (2004).* | Read research |
| 2002 | DOL/ILAB | Nicaragua | ILO/IPEC | Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in Nicaragua (Explotación sexual commercial de personas niños, niñas y adolescentes en Nicaragua) (2002).* | Read research (Spanish) |
| 2002 | DOL/ILAB | Panama, Donimican Republic, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Belize | ILO/IPEC | Commercial Sexual Exploitation: Working papers, Reflections on Victim Assistance Programs (Explotación Sexual Comercial: Documentos de trabajo, reflexiones sobre programas de atención a víctimas) (2003).* | Read research (Spanish) |
| 2002 | DOL/ILAB | Panama, Donimican Republic, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Belize | ILO/IPEC | Trafficking of Minors for Commercial Sexual Exploitation: topical bulletin, no. 2 (El tráfico de personas menores de edad con fines de explotación sexual comercial) (2003).* | Read research (Spanish) |
| 2002 | DOL/ILAB | Panama, Donimican Republic, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Belize | ILO/IPEC | Basic Documentation of Information on the Problem of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents (Documento básico de información sobre la problemática de la explotación sexual commercial de niños, niñas y adolescentes) (2005).* | Read research (Spanish) |
| 2002 | DOL/ILAB | Nepal | ILO/IPEC | Internal Trafficking Among Children and Youth Enaged in Prostitution. | Available from ILO / IPEC |
| 2002 | DOL/ILAB | Panama, Donimican Republic, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua | ILO/IPEC | Comercial Sexual Exploitation and Masculinity: A Qualitative Regional Study of Men in the General Population (Explotación sexual comercial y masculinidad: un estudio regional cualitativo con hombres de la población general) (2004).* | Read research |
| 2002 | USAID/WID | Moldova | Development Alternatives, Inc. | Assessment of gaps in anti-trafficking activities in Moldova, as well as recommendations for improvement. | Read research |
| 2002 | USAID/WID | Ukraine | Development Alternatives, Inc. | Assessment of the anti-trafficking effects of an economic-empowerment project in the Ukraine. | Read research |
| 2001 | DOL/ILAB | Philippines | ILO/IPEC | Filipino Children in Prostitution: A Worst Form of Child Labor. | Available from ILO/IPEC |
| 2001 | DOJ/OJP/NIJ | Global | Intramural NIJ | Expert Focus Group on Trafficking in Persons. International Center convened an intergovernmental focus group to ascertain how various agencies are dealing with the problem including Department of Labor, INS, Interpol, FBI, DOJ-Criminal Division, Child Exploitation and Obscenity and Civil rights Divisions. | http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/international/traffsum.html |
| * signifies that research was conducted as a component of a larger anti-trafficking project | |||||
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