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cotton harvest. The practice has raised concerns about the risk of forced labor. Moreover, the labor 

involved is predominantly female, perhaps as high as 80 percent according to some reports. The 

international community and several international civil society organizations (CSOs) have repeatedly 

raised concerns about this practice, including in a 2013 request to the Inspection Panel regarding the 

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 Rural Enterprise Support Project (RESP-II) and concerns on the recent IFC-financed 

Indorama Kokand project. Partly in response to these concerns, the government has taken additional steps 

to eliminate child labor and prevent of forced labor in cotton harvesting. 

 

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