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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Develtere, Patrick.

Pollet, Ignace.

Wanyama, Fredrick.

International Labour Office.

International Labour Organization. Office for Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda.

World Bank Institute.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooperative societies--Africa--History.

Cooperative societies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dar es Salaam : ILO, 2008.

Language Note:

English

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.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

92-2-120723-4

OCLC:

704257965