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Author: Linda Shaw
Category: New / Education / International
Pages: 56

Description:
The stimulus for this paper comes from a review of current co-operative education in eastern and southern Africa. This is the first such major study carried out and is a part of the larger CoopAfrica programme of the ILO supporting co-operative development across the region. The main focus of the research was to find out more about the work of the Co-operative Colleges and the ways in which they provide education for the co-operative movements of their own countries. Co-operative College Paper 15.

Author: Samantha Lacey
Category: New / International / Development
Pages: 96

Description:
The co-operative and Fair Trade movements have each played important roles in challenging the inequalities and exploitative practices of market driven supply chains dominated by multinational corporations. In contrast, the Fair Trade and co-operative movements have endeavoured to empower and inform both producers and consumers and have often worked together to this end. This paper aims to examine this rich history of empowerment and to generate ideas and recommendations for how these movements can work together to provide an alternative to purely profit driven value chains. The findings are based on interviews with a range of co-operative and Fair Trade stakeholders as well as experts in the field. Co-operative College Paper 14.

Author: Johnston Birchall and Richard Simmons
Category: New / International / Development
Pages: 60

Description:
This paper looks at efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and the problems that hinder development, with evidence from Sri Lanka and Tanzania compiled during a series of interviews. The first publication from the Co-operatives for Development programme at the Co-operative College. College Paper 13.

Author: Melanie Howarth
Category: Co-operation / International
Pages: 56

Description:
The Argentinian experience detailed in this paper takes place 150 years after the industrial revolution in the UK. Yet in many ways, it reflects a common response by human society to turmoil and disintegration brought about by rapid economic change, resulting in worker’s livelihoods and those of their families being placed in jeopardy. The worker’s response was instinctive – to work together to safeguard jobs, and the skills and competencies on which their livelihoods and those depended.

Author: Edited by Linda Shaw
Category: Co-operation / International
Pages: 150

Description:
Both the co-operative and Fair Trade movements have the potential to promote a more equitable and balanced economy and society, not just within Europe but with their trading partners in the developing world. The vital contribution of the co-operative sector in Europe to the development of European markets for Fair Trade products is the focus of this publication. Four detailed cases studies explore the situation in Italy, Sweden, Belgium and the UK

Author: N/A
Category: International
Pages: leaflet free on request. Bulk copies available.

Description:
Today, 2.4 billion people live on less than $2 a day and 1.3 billion live on less than $1 a day. All the world’s aid budgets can only make a dent in these statistics. To help achieve a world without poverty, the co-operative movement has decided to work with the government’s Department for International Development (DfID). Led by the Co-operative College, a consortium of co-operatives have formed a partnership with DfID to actively make a difference to people’s lives across the world under a strategic grant agreement.

Author: Nora Stettner and Bert Oram
Category: International
Pages: 184

Description:This study of co-operative enterprise in China examines how government policies since 1979 have transformed the Chinese economy, allowing a vast proliferation of co-operatives and other forms of collective enterprise.

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