All ILO Newsroom content

April 2013

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   Banking crisis

   Financial cooperatives: A safe bet in a crisis

   12 April 2013

   A new ILO book says that financial cooperatives fared better than the big investor-owned banks during the economic crisis.

February 2013

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   Cooperatives

   Egypt’s farmers: Sowing the seeds of an agricultural revolution

   07 February 2013

   Agriculture will be critical to future economic growth in Egypt, says the ILO – but only if the laws on farmers’ co-ops are reformed.

January 2013

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   Safety at work

   Turning computer junk into jobs

   18 January 2013

   Vast amounts of electrical and electronic waste end up in developing countries where the recycling methods are often hazardous. Integrating informal e-waste operations into the formal sector can help make the process safer, according to an ILO study titled "The global impact of e-waste".

November 2012

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   International Year of Cooperatives

   Healing pharmacies

   12 November 2012

   As the International Year of Cooperatives draws to an end, ILO News looks at how cooperatives in Turkey offer customers easier and safer access to medicines.

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   Banking co-ops

   What financial cooperatives can teach the big banks

   05 November 2012

   The success of financial cooperatives during the global financial crisis shows there is a credible alternative to the investment-owned banking system.

October 2012

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   Microinsurance

   The win-win potential of microinsurance for migrants

   29 October 2012

   International migrants send home over US$ 400 billion a year, yet they and their families often lack basic social protection. That is where microinsurance can step in.

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   World Food Day

   ILO says cooperatives key to boosting food production

   16 October 2012

   Agricultural cooperatives – the theme of the 2012 World Food Day – are a vehicle for decent lives and decent work, according to ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.

September 2012

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   Social finance

   Giving banks a good name

   19 September 2012

   Is it possible for banks to devote themselves to the financial welfare of workers and still survive financial crises? The ILO looks at the Rokin Bank, a union-led cooperative in Japan.

July 2012

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   News item

   Cooperatives: Resilient to crises, key to sustainable growth

   06 July 2012

   In a message marking International Day of Cooperatives, ILO Director-General Juan Somavia salutes the approximately one billion people worldwide who are involved in cooperatives.

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   Article

   Turning waste fruit into a profitable business

   05 July 2012

   Cooperatives have played an important role in Indonesia by helping to boost growth, reduce poverty and promote social cohesion. As the world celebrates the UN International Day of Cooperatives, Gita Lingga reports on a successful project involving rural women in the Maluku islands.