The 2014 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, released today by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs, documents how these recent crises and global poverty impact the lives of the world's most vulnerable children and families. The report outlines progress made by governments around the world to address the issue and recommends steps they can take to improve their efforts to end child labor. Mandated by the Trade and Development Act of 2000, it assesses efforts by 140 countries to reduce the worst forms of child labor by determining whether they have made significant, moderate, minimal or no advancement from year to year. The 2014 report finds nearly 60 percent of the countries covered made a moderate to significant advancement. Deputy Secretary of Labor Christopher P. Lu announced the report this morning during the "Power of Open Data: Ending Child Labor in the Digital Age" event in Washington, D.C., at the offices of 1776, a global business incubator that raises seed funding to help startups transform industries that impact millions of lives. He also unveiled ILAB's new mobile application, Sweat & Toil: Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking Around the World, which streamlines the wealth of research in ILAB's reports and makes it available anytime or anywhere.