Suchergebnisse

1. Introduction / Dan Banik -- 2. Towards an effective regulatory framework for labour rights and social protection in Southern Africa / Evance Kalula, Ngozi Okorafor and Pamhidzai Bamu -- 3. Poverty, legal empowerment and informal business in South Africa / Marlese von Broembsen -- 4. Waste management and the workplace / Jan Theron and Margareet Visser -- 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 : the case of street vending in Zomba and Blantyre / Blessings Chinsinga and Happy Kayuni -- 7. The informal health industry in East Africa and implementation of the legal empowerment of the poor agenda in developing countries / Kanakulya Dickson -- 8. Human rights of the working poor in Uganda's informal sector / Lilian Keene-Mugerwa -- 9. Informal labour and the ethic of care : legal protection of care-givers in Malawi / Ngeyi Ruth Kanyongolo -- 10. The right to water : an inquiry into legal empowerment and property rights formation in Tanzania / Ellen Hillbom -- 11. Rights, legal empowerment and the informal economy in Africa : concluding remarks / Dan Banik.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- PART I Democratization and political culture -- PART II Governance and policy implementation -- PART III Activism, aid and accountability -- Index -- 2 Progress or stagnation? Twenty years of democracy -- 3 Political parties, political settlement and development -- 4 Judicialisation and informalisation of politics in Malawi: Implications for inclusive development -- 5 Politics and the public service

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.

This book analyzes India's impressive efforts in responding to sensational and easily visible disasters in contrast to the 'silent emergency' of drought-induced under nutrition and starvation deaths. Building on Amartya Sen's famous claim that no famine has ever occurred in a democratic country, it re-examines the relationship between democracy, public action and famine prevention. Drawing on both quantitative and qualitative data in India at national, state and local levels as well as in-depth field visits to two states on India's east coast, Orissa and West Bengal, the author analyzes the.

Abstract: With 37.2 percent of its 1.2 billion citizens officially estimated to be living in poverty, India has the unenviable record of being home to a third of the world's poor. And while the country has averted famines since independence, it has not been as successful at preventing chronic hunger. This article provides a broad overview of Indian democracy's struggle with development and discusses the type of progress democratic India has made over the years in fighting poverty and inequality. Thereafter, it specifically examines undernutrition and starvation deaths in Orissa, one of India's poorest states. It argues that instead of sustained commitment to long-term policies that aim to reduce vulnerability to hunger, the political-administrative response is typically short-term, ad hoc, populist, and clientelistic in character.

With 37.2 percent of its 1.2 billion citizens officially estimated to be living in poverty, India has the unenviable record of being home to a third of the world's poor. And while the country has averted famines since independence, it has not been as successful at preventing chronic hunger. This article provides a broad overview of Indian democracy's struggle with development and discusses the type of progress democratic India has made over the years in fighting poverty and inequality. Thereafter, it specifically examines undernutrition and starvation deaths in Orissa, one of India's poorest states. It argues that instead of sustained commitment to long-term policies that aim to reduce vulnerability to hunger, the political-administrative response is typically short-term, ad hoc, populist, and clientelistic in character. Adapted from the source document.