The report is based on a comparative analysis of country reports presented in the framework of the Child Trafficking in Central Asia Project supported by the Government of Japan and managed by UNICEF country offices in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The country reports were produced for Kazakhstan by BRIF Research Group, for Kyrgyzstan by the El Pikir Centre for the Study of Public Opinion (report author: Zosa De Sas Kropiwnicki), for Tajikistan by the Strategic Research Center under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan (report author: Robin Haarr) and for Uzbekistan by the Expert-Fikri Center for Social and Marketing Research (report author: Igor Po- grebov). The International Labour Organization International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO-IPEC) partnered with UNICEF in Tajikistan to undertake the research.