The legal empowerment agenda : poverty, labour and the informal economy in Africa / edited by Dan Banik.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Banik, Dan, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Informal sector (Economics)--Law and legislation--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Informal sector (Economics).

Informal sector (Economics)--Law and legislation.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Physical Description:

xii, 227 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2011]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781409411185

1409411184

9781409411192

1409411192

9781409411208

1409411206

OCLC:

692084797