Cooperating out of poverty
Subtitle: the renaissance of the African cooperative movement
By: Patrick Develtere, Ignace Pollet and Fredrick Wanyama, eds. ; International Labour Office, Cooperative Programme (EMP/COOP), ILO Office Dar es Salaam, COOP Africa, World Bank Institute.
Contributors: Develtere, Patrick.; Pollet, Ignace.; Wanyama, Fredrick.; International Labour Office.; International Labour Organization. Office for Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda.; World Bank Institute.
Publisher: ILO
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Dar es Salaam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9789221207221
Subjects: Cooperative societies -- Africa -- History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Jose M. Salazar-Xirinachs & Frannie A. Léautier; title: Introduction / Patrick Develtere, Ignace Pollet & Fredrick O. Wanyama  Executive Summary; title: Part One: Cooperatives on the African continent; title: Chapter 1: Cooperative development in Africa up to the 1990s / Patrick Develtere; title: Chapter 2: Renaissance of African cooperatives in the 21st century: lessons from the field / Patrick Develtere & Ignace Pollet; title: Part Two: Cooperatives in 11 African countries; title: Chapter 3: The qualitative and quantitative growth  of the cooperative movement in Kenya / Fredrick O. Wanyama; title: Chapter 4: Growth without structures: the cooperative  movement in Ethiopia / Teigist Lemma; title: Chapter 5: Uganda: starting all over again / Herment A. Mrema; title: Chapter 6: The cooperative sector in Ghana: small and big business / Anthony K. Tsekpo; title: Chapter 7: Political and genuine cooperatives in Enugu State, Nigeria / Anselm Enete; title: Chapter 8: Bad memories, good prospects: cooperatives in Niger / Sanda Maman Sani; title: Chapter 9: The Egyptian cooperative movement: between  State and Market / Mohamed H. Abdel Aal; title: Chapter 10: Surviving on the islands: cooperatives in Cape Verde / João Gomes Mendonça; title: Chapter 11: Jump-starting the Rwandan cooperative movement / Jean Damascène Nyamwasa; title: Chapter 12: Cooperatives in South Africa: a movement (re-)emerging / Jan Theron; title: Chapter 13: The Senegalese cooperative movement: embedded  in the social Economy / Abdou Salam Fall; title: Chapter 14: The invisible, but resilient African cooperatives: some concluding remarks / Fredrick O. Wanyama.