| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 227 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| Summary |
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 |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Informal sector (Economics) -- Law and legislation -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Informal sector (Economics) -- Law and legislation. |
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Sub-Saharan Africa. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Banik, Dan, 1969-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Legal empowerment agenda. Farnham [England] ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, ©2011 (DLC) 2010050745 |
| ISBN |
9781409411208 (electronic book) |
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1409411206 (electronic book) |
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9781409411185 (hardback) |
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9781409411192 (paperback) |
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