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Cooperating out of poverty the renaissance of the African cooperative movement
Title
Cooperating out of poverty [electronic resource] : the renaissance of the African cooperative movement / Patrick Develtere, Ignace Pollet & Fredrick Wanyama (eds.) ; International Labour Office, World Bank Institute.
ISBN
9221207226
9789221207221
9789221207238 (e-book)
Published
Dar es Salaam : ILO, 2008.
Physical Description
xxii, 372 p. : ill.
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Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Summary
Traces the historical path of cooperatives and trends since the 1990s. Gives examples from eleven countries in Africa of successful, genuine and economically viable cooperatives, and how they create economic opportunities and a basic level of social protection and security, and provide their members with voice and representation.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 18, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Foreword / Jose M. Salazar-Xirinachs & Frannie A. Léautier
Introduction / Patrick Develtere, Ignace Pollet & Fredrick O. Wanyama Executive Summary
Part One: Cooperatives on the African continent
Chapter 1: Cooperative development in Africa up to the 1990s / Patrick Develtere
Chapter 2: Renaissance of African cooperatives in the 21st century: lessons from the field / Patrick Develtere & Ignace Pollet
Part Two: Cooperatives in 11 African countries
Chapter 3: The qualitative and quantitative growth of the cooperative movement in Kenya / Fredrick O. Wanyama
Chapter 4: Growth without structures: the cooperative movement in Ethiopia / Teigist Lemma
Chapter 5: Uganda: starting all over again / Herment A. Mrema
Chapter 6: The cooperative sector in Ghana: small and big business / Anthony K. Tsekpo
Chapter 7: Political and genuine cooperatives in Enugu State, Nigeria / Anselm Enete
Chapter 8: Bad memories, good prospects: cooperatives in Niger / Sanda Maman Sani
Chapter 9: The Egyptian cooperative movement: between State and Market / Mohamed H. Abdel Aal
Chapter 10: Surviving on the islands: cooperatives in Cape Verde / João Gomes Mendonça
Chapter 11: Jump-starting the Rwandan cooperative movement / Jean Damascène Nyamwasa
Chapter 12: Cooperatives in South Africa: a movement (re-)emerging / Jan Theron
Chapter 13: The Senegalese cooperative movement: embedded in the social Economy / Abdou Salam Fall
Chapter 14: The invisible, but resilient African cooperatives: some concluding remarks / Fredrick O. Wanyama.
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International Labour Organization. Office for Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda.
World Bank Institute.
ebrary, Inc.
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