United States Government Funded Research Projects on Trafficking in Persons FY '02-'06 (By Agency)

Funding Bureau	Fiscal Year	Country	Grantee	Description	Link
DHS/U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services/Office of Policy and Strategy	2006	U.S.		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.
DHS/USCIS	2005	Global	Library of Congress, Federal Research Division	Report on the nature of programs to provide assistance to trafficked persons in selected foreign countries.
DOJ	2007	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.
DOJ	2007	U.S.	Columbia University	Local Actors and U.S. Anti-Trafficking Policy: Interpretation, Mediation, and Implementation
DOJNIJ	2007	China/Asia/U.S.	Rutgers University	The Transnational Movement of Chinese Women for Commercial Sex Acts	Research is not yet completed.
DOJ/NIJ	2007	Mexico/U.S.	San Diego State University	Sex Trafficking in the Border Community: A Field Study of Sex Trafficking in Tijuana	Research is not yet completed.
DOJ/NIJ	2006	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
DOJ/NIJ	2005	U.S.	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.).
DOJ/NIJ	2005	U.S.	Caliber Associates	Estimating Human Trafficking into the United States: Development of a Methodology	http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/215475.pdf
DOJ/NIJ	2005	U.S.	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.
DOJ/NIJ	2005	U.S.	Croft Institute for International Studies	Case studies of trafficking in Southwest Florida, Chicago, and Washington D.C.	Read research
DOJ/NIJ	2005	U.S.	Georgetown University	Examination of the patterns of abuse of child sex trafficking victims; analysis of the challenges in assisting child victims; identification of best practices for rehabilitating child victims.
DOJ/NIJ	2005	U.S.	Northeastern University	Nationwide survey of law enforcement responses to human trafficking; case studies providing qualitative data on local efforts to investigate trafficking cases and provide services to trafficking victims.
DOJ/NIJ	2005	U.S.	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.
DOJ/NIJ	2004	U.S.	Intramural NIJ	Summary of research in the area of child sexual exploitation	Jay Albanese, ed. Transnational Crime (de Sitter, 2005)
DOJ/NIJ	2004	U.S.	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)
DOJ/NIJ	2003	U.S.	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
DOJ/NIJ	2002	China	California State University	Examination of the structure and operation of Chinese human smuggling organizations	Read research
DOJ/NIJ	2002	U.S., 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
DOJ/NIJ	2001	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
DOJ/NIJ and OVC	2005	U.S.	Abt Associates and Development Services Group	Evaluation of two prostitution intervention programs, providing evidence on the effectiveness of demand reduction programs and providing policymakers with insight on alternative justice system responses to prostitution.
DOJ/OJP/BJS	2007			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.
DOJ/OJP/NIJ	2007	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.
DOJ/OJP/NIJ	2007	U.S.	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.
DOL	2007	Global		Under the Trade and Development Act of 2001 the Department of Labor is responsible for preparing a report on the efforts of certain U.S. trade beneficiary countries' to combat the worst forms of child labor.
DOL	2006	Guinea	ILO/IPEC	Survey of Child Labor
DOL/ILAB	2006	Benin	ILO/IPEC	Situation of Child Trafficking
DOL/ILAB	2006	Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, and Togo	ILO/IPEC	Assessment of Local Surveillance Committees: Lessons Learned and Best Practices
DOL/ILAB	2006	Ivory Coast	ILO/IPEC	Survey of Child Labor
DOL/ILAB	2006	Mali and Senegal	ILO/IPEC	Demand Side Study from the Perspective of Employers' Organizations
DOL/ILAB	2005	Cameroon	ILO/IPEC	Situation of Child Trafficking in the Center, North Ouest and Littoral Provinces	Available from ILO
DOL/ILAB	2005	Ivory Coast	ILO/IPEC	Child Labor Exploitation in the Displaced and Refugee Communities	French: Available from ILO/IPEC
DOL/ILAB	2005	Nigeria	ILO/IPEC	Child Trafficking in Asewele, Ondo State	French: Available from ILO/IPEC
DOL/ILAB	2005	Nigeria	ILO/IPEC	Occupational Health and Safety Survey of Trafficked Children in the Mines of Jos (Plateau State)	French: Available from ILO/IPEC
DOL/ILAB	2005	Brazil	ILO/IPEC	Children Involved in Commercial Sexual Exploitation: A Rapid Assessment*	Research is not yet completed.
DOL/ILAB	2005	Ecuador	ILO/IPEC	Child Trafficking: A Rapid Assessment in Ecuador*	Research is not yet completed.
DOL/ILAB	2005	Mexico	ILO/IPEC	Study on the magnitude and characteristics of CSEC victims in three Mexican states*	Research is not yet completed.
DOL/ILAB	2005	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.
DOL/ILAB	2005	Mozambique	American Institutes for Research	Survey of prostituted children in Mozambique*	Research is not yet completed.
DOL/ILAB	2005	Global	ILO/IPEC	Manual on child labour rapid assessment methodology	Not yet available online
DOL/ILAB	2005	Global	ILO/IPEC	Synthesized report on selected rapid assessment and national reports on the worst forms of child labor	Not yet available online
DOL/ILAB	2004	Ivory Coast	ILO/IPEC	Situation of Child Trafficking in the Mining Sector	Available from ILO/IPEC
DOL/ILAB	2004	Ivory Coast	ILO/IPEC	Situation of Child Trafficking in the Urban Informal Sector	Available from ILO/IPEC
DOL/ILAB	2004	Argentina	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
		Brazil
		Paraguay
DOL/ILAB	2004	Argentina	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)
		Brazil
		Paraguay			Read research (Portuguese)
DOL/ILAB	2004	Benin	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)
		Burkina Faso
		Cameroon
		Ghana
		Ivory Coast
		Gabon
		Mali
		Nigeria
		Togo
DOL/ILAB	2004	Benin	ILO/IPEC	Research on demand-side factors and the dynamics of the labor market in relation to child trafficking*	Research is not yet completed.
		Burkina Faso
		Cameroon
		Ghana
		Ivory Coast
		Gabon
		Mali
		Nigeria
		Togo
DOL/ILAB	2004	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
DOL/ILAB	2004	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
		Paraguay
DOL/ILAB	2004	Chile	ILO/IPEC	Study on the demand for commercial sexual exploitation, and mapping of the supply in these four countries*	Research is not yet completed.
		Colombia
		Paraguay
		Peru
DOL/ILAB	2004	Colombia	ILO/IPEC	Study on the relationship between child domestic labor and CSEC in these three countries*	Research is not yet completed.
		Paraguay
		Peru
DOL/ILAB	2004	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.
DOL/ILAB	2004	Dominican Republic	ILO/IPEC	Guidelines of Institutional Responsibilities Implied by Existing Norms and Regulations*	Research is not yet completed.
DOL/ILAB	2004	Dominican Republic	ILO/IPEC	Identification of Good Practices on countering CSEC*	Research is not yet completed.
DOL/ILAB	2004	Haiti	Free the Slaves	Physical and Mental Health Aspects of Rehabilitating Children Freed from Slavery	Research is not yet completed.
		India
		Ivory Coast
		Togo
DOL/ILAB	2004	Global	ILO/IPEC	Manual on methodologies for using surveys to collect data on child labour, including trafficking.	Read research
DOL/ILAB	2004	Global	ILO/IPEC	Lessons learned when investigating the worst forms of child labour using the rapid assessment methodology.	Read research
DOL/ILAB	2004 (continuation of earlier program)	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)
DOL/ILAB	2004 (continuation of earlier program)	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)
DOL/ILAB	2004 (continuation of earlier program)	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)
DOL/ILAB	2004 (continuation of earlier program)	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)
DOL/ILAB	2003	Botswana	ILO/IPEC	A Rapid Assessment of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Botswana	French: Available from ILO/IPEC
DOL/ILAB	2003	AF Region	ILO/IPEC	Children in worst forms of child labor (including trafficking) in South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland.
DOL/ILAB	2003	Botswana	ILO/IPEC	A Rapid Assessment of Child Trafficking and Other Migration Related Child Labor in Botswana	French: Available from ILO/IPEC
DOL/ILAB	2003	Namibia	ILO/IPEC	A Rapid Assessment of Child Trafficking and Other Migration Related Child Labor in Namibia	French: Available from ILO/IPEC
DOL/ILAB	2003	Swaziland	ILO/IPEC	A Rapid Assessment of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Swaziland	French: Available from ILO/IPEC
DOL/ILAB	2003	Swaziland	ILO/IPEC	A Rapid Assessment of Child Trafficking and Other Migration Related Child Labor in Swaziland
DOL/ILAB	2003	Indonesia	ILO/IPEC	Child Trafficking for Prostitution in Jakarta and West Java: A Rapid Assessment*	Available from ILO/IPEC
DOL/ILAB	2003	Indonesia	ILO/IPEC	Child Trafficking for Prostitution in Central Java, Yogyakarta and East Java: A Rapid Assessment*	Available from ILO/IPEC
DOL/ILAB	2003	Indonesia	ILO/IPEC	Children Involved in the Production, Sale and Distribution of Illicit Drugs in Jakarta: A Rapid Assessment*	Available from ILO/IPEC
DOL/ILAB	2003	South Africa	ILO/IPEC	Children in Commercial Sexual Exploitation: A Rapid Assessment*	Research is not yet completed.
DOL/ILAB	2003	South Africa	ILO/IPEC	Child Trafficking: A Rapid Assessment*	Research is not yet completed.
DOL/ILAB	2003	Global	ILO/IPEC	Ethical considerations when conducting research on children in the worst forms of child labour in Nepal	Read research
DOL/ILAB	2002	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.
DOL/ILAB	2002	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*	Research is not yet completed.
DOL/ILAB	2002	Brazil	ILO	Study to identify products made with forced labor in Brazil*	Not yet available online
DOL/ILAB	2002	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)
DOL/ILAB	2002	Guatemala	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)
DOL/ILAB	2002	Haiti	ILO/IPEC	Study on forced and bonded labor and their linkages to child trafficking, as part of a research project to support the implementation of ILO Convention No. 182	Research is not yet completed.
		Niger
		Ghana
		Pakistan
DOL/ILAB	2002	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)
DOL/ILAB	2002	Indonesia	ILO/IPEC	The Use of Children in the Production, Sales and Trafficking of Drugs: Intervention Models (2004)*	Read research
		Philippines
		Thailand
DOL/ILAB	2002	Indonesia	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
		Philippines
		Thailand
DOL/ILAB	2002	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)
DOL/ILAB	2002	Panama	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)
		Dominican Republic
		Costa Rica
		El Salvador
		Guatemala
		Honduras
		Nicaragua
		Belize
DOL/ILAB	2002	Panama	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)
		Dominican Republic
		Costa Rica
		El Salvador
		Guatemala
		Honduras
		Nicaragua
		Belize
DOL/ILAB	2002	Panama	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)
		Dominican Republic
		Costa Rica
		El Salvador
		Guatemala
		Honduras
		Nicaragua
		Belize
DOL/ILAB	2002	Panama	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
		Dominican Republic
		Costa Rica
		El Salvador
		Guatemala
		Honduras
		Nicaragua
DOS and DOJ/NIJ	2003	Ukraine	University of Rhode Island	Qualitative, descriptive research study on the nature and extent of trafficking in women from Ukraine.	Read research
DOS/EAP	2004	ASEAN	IOM	Improvement of statistical collection and methodology by reviewing existing data collection methods for trafficking, as well as available data from crime closely associated with trafficking, such as illegal employment and labor practices, prostitution, begging, and document fraud.
DOS/EAP	2004	Mongolia	The Asia Foundation	Data-gathering on TIP in Mongolia*
DOS/EAP	2002	Afghanistan	IOM	TIP assessment in Afghanistan*
DOS/EUR	2004	Albania	Women's Advocacy Center	Monitoring of judicial decisions on trafficking cases
DOS/EUR	2004	Global	International Organization for Adolescents (IOFA)	Preliminary global assessment of shelters serving victims of human trafficking
DOS/GTIP	2007	SCA and EAP Regions	Harvard School of Public Health	Victim Health Study
DOS/GTIP	2006	AF Region	IOM	Research on the trafficking of males between East Africa and the Horn to South Africa.
DOS/GTIP	2006	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.
DOS/GTIP	2006	Philippines	Verite	Research on male trafficking victims in the Philippines, particularly for agriculture, construction, and seafaring.
DOS/GTIP	2006	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.
DOS/GTIP	2005	U.S.	Prostitution Research & Education	Prostitution and Trafficking in Nevada: Making the Connections	http://www.prostitutionresearch.com/
DOS/GTIP	2005	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/
DOS/GTIP	2005	Global	Syracuse Maxwell School	Creation of a tool to monitor and evaluate anti-trafficking programs
DOS/GTIP	2005	Hungary	Princeton University	Assessment of police attitudes toward TIP in Hungary; development of an analytical framework for improving data collection on TIP.
DOS/GTIP	2005	Global	The Protection Project	International Child Sex Tourism: Scope of the Problem and Comparative Case Studies	http://www.protectionproject.org/
DOS/GTIP	2004	Ecuador	American Bar Association	Country assessment of legal institutions and framework for dealing with TIP*
DOS/GTIP	2004	Global	Shared Hope and The Protection Project	Comparative legal analysis on child sex tourism and sex trafficking*	http://www.protectionproject.org/
DOS/GTIP	2004	Global	University of Rhode Island, Dr. Donna Hughes	Best practices to address the demand side of sex trafficking	Read research
DOS/GTIP	2004	India	Balaji Pandey	Study of bonded labor in India
DOS/GTIP	2004	Kenya	Solidarity Center	Survey on trafficking for labor exploitation*
DOS/GTIP	2004	Kyrgyz Republic	Bakubat	Compilation of marriage and divorce court statistics for information on bride kidnapping*
DOS/GTIP	2004	Morocco	Ministry of Interior	Support for the Ministry of Interior in developing reliable statistics on trafficking and smuggling and for producing periodic TIP reports*
DOS/GTIP	2004	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.
DOS/GTIP	2004	Regional, Central America	UNICEF	Improvement of national data collection efforts and institutional capacity to share data regionally*
DOS/GTIP	2004	Vietnam	Univ. of Iowa College of Law, Mark Sidel	Legal analysis of the Vietnamese Labor Code
DOS/GTIP	2004	Yemen	UNICEF	Brief assessment of child trafficking in Northern Yemen*
DOS/GTIP	2003	Bangladesh	OPDAT	Maintenance of a TIP database by police*
DOS/GTIP	2003	Belize	IOM	Research on trafficking of adults
DOS/GTIP	2003	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.
DOS/GTIP	2003	Syria	IOM	Research study of TIP in Syria
DOS/GTIP	2003	Thailand	RTG	Development and maintenance of a national TIP database*
DOS/PRM	2005	Global	IOM	Data collection based on international TIP repatriations
DOS/PRM	2005	Mozambique / SADC region	IOM	Study on TIP routes between Mozambique and Southern Africa
DOS/PRM	2005	Regional	IOM	Exploratory assessment of TIP in the Caribbean Region	Read research
DOS/PRM	2004	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*
HHS/ASPE	2006	U.S.	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.	http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/07/humantrafficking/index.htm.
HHS/ACF	2003	U.S.	Univ. of Rhode Island, Dr. Donna Hughes	A practical guide to identifying trafficking victims in the U.S.	Read research
HSTC	2007	U.S.	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.
HSTC	2006	U.S.	n/a	Assessment of Trafficked Migrant Farm Labor
HSTC	2006	U.S.	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.
HSTC	2006	Canada/U.S.	n/a	U.S. / Canada Binational Assessment of Trafficking in Persons.
HSTC	2005	n/a	n/a	Factsheet of the differences and interrelationship between human smuggling and TIP.
HSTC	2004	U.S.	n/a	Report on instances and prosecution of trafficking in Florida, including recent efforts to combat TIP.
HSTC	2004	U.S.	n/a	Report on instances and prosecution of trafficking and sex tourism in the Northeast U.S., including recent efforts to combat TIP.
USAID	2007	AF Region		A retrospective desk study examining USAID-funded anti-trafficking activities in 12 African nations.
USAID	2007	EUR Region	International Centre for Migration Policy Development	Listening to Victims: Experiences of Identification, Return and Assistance in Southeastern Europe
USAID	2007	Global	Creative Associates International	Examining the Intersection Between Trafficking in Persons and Domestic Violence
USAID	2007	Kosovo	CRS	Research study into the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of Kosovars about TIP
USAID	2004	Jamaica	People's Action for Community Transformation in Jamaica	Project to gather data on the extent of trafficking in Jamaica*	See dec.usaid.gov
USAID/AFR	2003	Democratic Republic of Congo	International Rescue Committee	Identification of the nature and extent of trafficking in persons by armed factions*	See dec.usaid.gov
USAID/ANE	2004	Regional, East Asia	Development Alternatives, Inc.	Mapping of TIP in Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia, and the Philippines*	See dec.usaid.gov
USAID/Benin	2005	Benin	UNICEF	Study of child trafficking in Benin	See dec.usaid.gov
USAID/E&E	2003	Georgia	MSI	Rapid appraisal of trafficking in Georgia	See dec.usaid.gov
USAID/E&E	2003	Uzbekistan	IOM	Assessment of trafficking in Uzbekistan*	See dec.usaid.gov
USAID/EGAT/WID	2004	Regional, Europe and Eurasia	Development Alternatives, Inc.	Study on best practices in programs to prevent trafficking in persons in Europe and Eurasia.	Read research
USAID/EGAT/WID	2004	Global	Development Alternatives, Inc.	Literature review and analysis related to human trafficking in post-conflict situations.	Read research
USAID/Egypt	2007	Egypt	Chemonics International	Anti-Trafficking Assessment in Egypt
USAID/LAC	2004	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
USAID/LAC	2003	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)
USAID/LAC	2003	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
USAID/Ukraine	2006	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
USAID/UKRAINE	2003	Ukraine	Winrock International	Detailed description of a trafficking prevention project in Ukraine, 1998-2004	Read research
USAID/UKRAINE	2003	Ukraine	Winrock International	Practical guide to helping survivors of human trafficking	Read research
USAID/WID	2007	AF Region	Chemonics International	USAID Anti-Trafficking in Persons Programs in Africa: A Review	See dec.usaid.gov
USAID/WID	2007	Zambia	Chemonics International	Framework and Draft Legislation to Combat Human Trafficking in Zambia: Development of an Effective National Policy	See dec.usaid.gov
USAID/WID	2006	Albania	Chemonics International	Anti-trafficking evaluation in Albania	Read research
USAID/WID	2006	Dominican Republic	Chemonics International	Anti-trafficking assessment in the Dominican Republic	See dec.usaid.gov
USAID/WID	2006	Ecuador	Chemonics International	Anti-trafficking assessment in Ecuador	See dec.usaid.gov
USAID/WID	2006	Indonesia	Chemonics International	Analysis of U.S. Government funded anti-trafficking activities in Indonesia	See dec.usaid.gov
USAID/WID	2006	Nicaragua	Chemonics International	Anti-Trafficking Assessment in Nicaragua	See dec.usaid.gov
USAID/WID	2005	Guatemala	Chemonics International	Review of anti-trafficking activities in Guatemala	Read research
USAID/WID	2005	Jamaica	Chemonics International	Anti-trafficking assessment in Jamaica	Read research
USAID/WID	2005	Nigeria	Chemonics International	Anti-trafficking assessment in Nigeria	Read research
USAID/WID	2004	Latin America Regional	Development Alternatives, Inc.	Literature review of trafficking in persons in Latin America and the Caribbean.	Read research
USAID/WID	2004	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
USAID/WID	2004	Senegal	Development Alternatives, Inc.	Study on the practice of trafficking in persons in Senegal	See dec.usaid.gov
USAID/WID	2004	Serbia and Montenegro	Chemonics International	Anti-trafficking assessment in Serbia and Montenegro	Read research
USAID/WID	2002	Moldova	Development Alternatives, Inc.	Assessment of gaps in anti-trafficking activities in Moldova, as well as recommendations for improvement.	Read research
USAID/WID	2002	Ukraine	Development Alternatives, Inc.	Assessment of the anti-trafficking effects of an economic-empowerment project in the Ukraine.	Read research

* Signifies that research was conducted as a component of a larger anti-trafficking project

List of Acronyms

AFR – Sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development

ANE – Asia and the Near East, U.S. Agency for International Development

ASEAN – Association of Southeast Asian Nations

DA – Development Assistance

DHS – Department of Homeland Security

DOJ – U.S. Department of Justice

DOL – U.S. Department of Labor

DOS – U.S. Department of State

EAP – Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State

E&E – Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Agency for International Development

EGAT – Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade, U.S. Agency for International Development

ESF – Economic Support Fund

EUR – Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State

FSA – Freedom Support Act

GTIP – Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State

HHS – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

HSTC – Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center, U.S. Department of State

ILAB – Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor

ILO – International Labour Organization

INCLE – International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement

IOM – International Organization for Migration

IPEC – International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, International Labour Organization

LAC – Latin American and the Caribbean

MRA – Migration and Refugee Assistance

NIJ – National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice

OAS – Organization of American States

OJJDP – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice

OPDAT – Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training, U.S. Department of Justice

OVC – Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice

PRM – Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of State

RTG – Royal Thai Government

SEED – Support for East European Democracy

TIP – Trafficking in Persons

UNICEF – United Nations Children's Fund

USAID – U.S. Agency for International Development

USCIS – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

WID – Women in Development, U.S. Agency for International Development