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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.