Resources on cooperatives
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Mainstreaming environmental issues in sustainable enterprises: An exploration of issues, experiences and options
21 January 2011
Employment Working Paper No. 75
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Economic and other benefits of the entreprenuers’ cooperative as a specific form of enterprise cluster
03 January 2011
This book presents entrepreneurs’ cooperatives - cooperatives formed by groups of entrepreneurs, independently owned businesses, tradesmen, professionals, or by municipalities and other public bodies. It shows that cooperatives have helped small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in many countries to become and remain competitive. Although this form of business clustering is not wide spread, there are signs that its development and entrepreneurship effects are gradually being considered. This study analyses the set up and the economic, social and employment benefits of entrepreneurs‘ cooperatives as well as the reasons why their use has not spread. It further indicates those features which allow for replication of the model elsewhere and concludes with a number of recommendations.
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What role for labour market policies and institutions in development? Enhancing security in developing countries and emerging economies
17 December 2010
Employment Working Paper No. 67