Curbing Child Labour is the Da Vinci Code of Economic Development

The popular belief that economic growth alone holds the key to alleviating perennial social issues such as poverty, unemployment, inequality etc is questionable as the wealth remains concentrated in the hands of the privileged rich class everywhere and little benefit trickles down to the poor. So there is an urgent need to develop human capital and physical capital with focus on job creation and curbing child labour. This would break open the vicious trap of poverty and illiteracy