Legal Empowerment Agenda : Poverty, Labour and the Informal Economy in Africa.
Title:
Legal Empowerment Agenda : Poverty, Labour and the Informal Economy in Africa.
Author:
Banik, Dan, Dr.
ISBN:
9781409411208
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (242 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures, Tables and Map -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Towards an Effective Regulatory Framework for Labour Rights and Social Protection in Southern Africa -- 3 Poverty, Legal Empowerment and Informal Business in South Africa -- 4 Waste Management and the Workplace -- 5 Formalising Trading Spaces and Places: An Analysis of the Informal Sector in Lusaka, Zambia -- 6 The Complexities and Paradoxes of Governing the Informal Sector in Malawi -- 7 The Informal Health Industry in East Africa and Implementation of the Legal Empowerment of the Poor Agenda in Developing Countries -- 8 Human Rights of the Working Poor in Uganda's Informal Sector -- 9 Informal Labour and the Ethic of Care: Legal Protection of Care-givers in Malawi -- 10 The Right To Water: An Inquiry into Legal Empowerment and Property Rights Formation in Tanzania -- 11 Rights, Legal Empowerment and the Informal Economy in Africa: Concluding Remarks -- Index.
Abstract:
Defined as a process which increases access to justice and the legal rights of the poor, 'legal empowerment' is increasingly being considered to be an important tool in anti-poverty efforts in developing countries. This volume discusses the opportunities and constraints related to the enhancement of legal empowerment in the informal economy, with a focus on labour and business rights in Africa.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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