The Legal Empowerment Agenda (eBook, PDF)

Poverty, Labour and the Informal Economy in Africa
Redaktion: Banik, Dan

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351886949
• Artikelnr.: 49355462

Autorenporträt

Dan Banik is an Associate Professor of Development Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction, Dan Banik; Towards an effective regulatory
framework for labour rights and social protection in southern Africa,
Evance Kalula, Ngozi Okorafor and Pamhidzai Bamu; Poverty, legal
empowerment and informal business in South Africa, Marlese von Broembsen;
Waste management and the workplace, Jan Theron and Margareet Visser;
Formalising trading spaces and places: an analysis of the informal sector
in Lusaka, Zambia, Wilma Sichombo Nchito; The complexities and paradoxes of
governing the informal sector in Malawi: the case of street vending in
Zomba and Blantyre, Blessings Chinsinga and Happy Kayuni; The informal
health industry in East Africa and implementation of the legal empowerment
of the poor agenda in developing countries, Kanakulya Dickson; Human rights
of the working poor in Uganda's informal sector, Lilian Keene-Mugerwa;
Informal labour and the ethic of care: legal protection of care-givers in
Malawi, Ngeyi Ruth Kanyongolo; The right to water: an inquiry into legal
empowerment and property rights formation in Tanzania, Ellen Hillbom;
Rights, legal empowerment and the informal economy in Africa: concluding
remarks, Dan Banik; Index.