TY - BOOK AU - Garcia, Ma. Rosario K. TI - The way forward: a policy resource book on legal empowerment of the poor in the Philippines SN - 9789719398905 AV - KPM 53.92 .W364 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Quezon City PB - Economic, Social and Cultural Rights-Asia KW - Legal assistance to the poor KW - Philippines KW - Public welfare N1 - Includes bibliographical references; with the assistance of Metudio L. Belarmino, Jr. - Legal mechanisms to empower informal businesses / by Reginald Indon.Economic, Social and Cultural Rights-Asia; The way forward, integrating the four themes on the legal empowerment of the poor and analyzing its implications on the situation of the poor in the Philippines / by Ma. Rosario K. Garcia and Gilbert V. Sembrano Defining an alternative development paradigm in reducing poverty and ensuring access to justice through legal empowerment of the poor / by Glenda T. Litong Property rights and legal empowerment of the poor in the Philippines / by Amado Mendoza, Jr. The future of the workers in the informal sector, towards fulfilling the constitutional mandate of social justice and human rights in the informal sector / by Edmund T. Lao and Jeremy Inocian ER -