Making the law work for everyone
The vast majority of the word's people lives outside the law and thus does not have a chance to better their lives and climb out of poverty. This causes national and global stagnation. The remedy for the exclusion is inclusion through Legal Empowerment of the Poor which is important economically, politically, socially, and morally. The Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor (2005) was the first global initiative to focus on the link between exclusion, poverty, and the law, and was hosted by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in New York. This first report of the Commission covers the following topics: making the law work for everyone; the four pillars of legal empowerment; legal empowerment is smart politics and good economics; agenda for change; and implementation strategies. The report is based on research, analysis and consultations in more than 20 developing countries, and encourages debates and discussions towards realization of Millennium Development Goals.--Publisher's description
Print Book, English, ©2008-
Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor : United Nations Development Programme, New York, ©2008-
2 volumes : color illustrations ; 25 cm
9789211262193, 9211262194
235574355
v. 1. Report of the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor. Making the law work for everyone
The four pillars of legal empowerment
Legal empowerment is smart politics and good economics
Agenda for change
Implementation strategies
v. 2. Working group reports. Access to justice and the rule of law
Empowering the poor through property rights
Towards a global social contract : labour rights for legal empowerment of the poor
Business rights
Road maps for implementation of reforms : implementation strategies, including toolkits and indices
Volume 2 is currently online as a pre-publication edition and will be released later in 2008 (As of 07/23/2008)
Also available in French, Spanish, and Arabic
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