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Rediscovering the Cooperative Advantage

Poverty Reduction through Self-help

Author : Birchall, Johnston

Publisher: International Labour Office

Place of Publish: Switzerland, Geneva

Year: 2003

Page Numbers: 75

Acc. No: 2756

Class No: 339 BIR

Category: Books & Reports

Subjects: Aid

Type of Resource: Monograph

Languages: English

ISBN: 92-2-113603-5

This study examines the role and potential of cooperatives in reducing poverty. It includes an analysis of what we understand by the terms poverty and cooperatives and discusses the poverty reduction policies of international organizations, and looks at how cooperatives could help in achieving their objectives. A key conclusion of this study is that self-organization by the poor is a pre-cursor for successful anti-poverty work and that cooperatives can play an important role in this struggle.