The legal empowerment agenda poverty, labour and the informal economy in Africa

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 enha...

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Otros Autores: Banik, Dan, 1969- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham [England] ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate 2011.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b34679777*spi
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  • 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 Cou8 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.