The legal empowerment agenda poverty, labour and the informal economy in Africa
Despite providing society with a set of crucial services, large groups of workers in the informal economy are subject to exclusion and discrimination, and their lives are characterised by various types of vulnerabilities and deprivations that result from the denial of social, economic, political and...
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| 300 | |a xii, 227 pages |b illustrations, map |c 24 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a First published 2011 by Ashgate Publishing | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 | |
| 520 | |a Despite providing society with a set of crucial services, large groups of workers in the informal economy are subject to exclusion and discrimination, and their lives are characterised by various types of vulnerabilities and deprivations that result from the denial of social, economic, political and legal protection. Although not new to the development vocabulary, the informal economy has received renewed attention in recent years largely due to the ILO's 'decent work' agenda and various efforts to promote 'legal empowerment of the poor'. With an explicit focus on labour rights, the book focuses on a nuanced understanding of the regulatory and operational challenges and dilemmas related to implementing the two approaches in selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to analyzing structures and relations of power between the formal and the informal economies, the book critically discusses the work of governments, civil society organizations and the poor themselves to address the daily challenges of living in the informal economy. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Informal sector (Economics) |x Law and legislation |z Africa, Sub-Saharan | |
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