Resources on cooperatives

  1. Productivity in cooperatives and worker-owned enterprises: ownership and participation - Make a difference

    01 September 2004

    This volume has been prepared as a background paper for the ILO's World employment Report 2004: Employment, productivity and poverty reduction. It examines how the ownership structure and the active participation of workers and members in cooperatives and worker-owned enterprises impact on the productivity of such enterprises.

  2. Cooperatives and the Millennium Development Goals

    01 March 2004

  3. Rediscovering the cooperative advantage Poverty reduction through self-help

    03 March 2003

  4. Cooperatives in Asia. From reform to reconstruction

    09 July 2001

    Comprises a collection of 16 papers divided into four parts covering the response of Asian cooperatives to external threats such as globalization and the Asian financial crisis; public policies on cooperative development; the relationships between primary cooperatives and the federal strucure; and cooperative support services.

  5. The Role of Cooperatives and other Self-Help Organizations in Crisis Resolution and Socio-Economic Recovery

    01 May 2001

    The ILO is increasingly reinforcing its capacity to respond to the different crisis situations, based on its specialized experience within its core fields of expertise. Since its inception, the ILO has also been the leading international organization involved in the promotion and support of cooperatives. The aim of this study has been to explore ways in which these two fields of experience can be brought together for the benefit of those who suffer the consequences of crises.

  6. COOPERATIVES IN THAILAND

    11 April 2001

    For the estimated 300 million indigenous and tribal people in more than 70 countries around the world, progress often means problems when traditions and technologies clash. But the Hmong hill tribes in northern Thailand, with the help of the International Labour Organization, are fashioning new solutions to developing their ancient culture as a tool to fully participate in modern societies. ILO TV’s Miguel Schapira takes us there.

  7. The Role of Cooperatives and Other Self-Help Organizations in Crisis Resolution and Socio-Economic Recovery

    01 January 2001

  8. Managing the cooperative difference

    18 April 2000

    A survey of the application of modern management practices in the cooperative context

  9. Social Finance Working Paper #12: Using credit unions as conduits for micro-enterprise lending

    01 October 1995

    Latin American insights

  10. Social Finance Working Paper #11: On the theory of credit cooperatives: equity and onlending in a multi-tier system

    01 August 1995

    A concept paper