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OBSERVATIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE CHF GOVERNANCE CASE STUDIES
Prepared by John Oliver R. Ortega
Program Assistant, CHF-Philippines, July 2004
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Adult Educators in Co-operative Development: Agents of Change
By, Brenda Gail Stefanson, Center for the Study of Cooperatives, University of Saskatchewan
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Final Report : Information System Project for the Cooperatives
Associated Organizations: Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI) | USAID. Mission to El Salvador
25 May 2005

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Cooperatives Expand to Community Service Delivery: CDP Lessons Learned
Through Seven Pilot Projects

By Barbara Czachorska-Jones, CHF International HQ

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The Fortunate at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Talks about how the development of India's milk industry through cooperatives has many lessons for multinational corporations.
by C.K. Prahalad and Stuart L. Hart
Click here to read the article from Digital Dividend 2002.

Success in Rural Savings: How one Donor Led the Way
By, Ruth Goodwin-Groen, CGAP
A Case Study of the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) in Collaboration with the Bank for Agricultural Cooperatives in Thailand
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Analysis of the Coffee Cooperatives of the Yungas
by Mary Pat Clasen, USAID
(English & Spanish)

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Background of Coffee Cooperatives of the Yungas
by Mary Pat Clasen, USAID

(English & Spanish)
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YEMEN: AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES
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The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Cooperative Sector:Agenda for Renewal and Growth By Lorenz Pohlmeier,Wolfgang Salomo, Daniel Gerber, and Lyle Brenneman.
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Selected Studies from Paving the Way Forward for Rural Finance: An International Conference on Best Practices, found at http://www.basis.wisc.edu/rfc/

  • Conference Proceedings
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  • Credit Union Empowerment and Strengthening (CUES) Philippines By Luis Sasuman (World Council of Credit Unions, Inc.)
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  • Response Required: Mitigating Risk in African Credit Unions Serving HIV/AIDS-affected Communities
    By: Anna Cora Evans (World Council of Credit Unions, Inc)
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  • Adapting to the Challenges of Changing Financial Paradigms
    WOCCU’s Savings Mobilization Programs in Latin America

    By Janette Klaehn (World Council of Credit Unions, Inc)
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  • CECAM: A CooperativeAgricultural Financial Institution Provding Credit Adapted to Farmers' Demand in Madagascar
    By Jean- Hervé Fraslin- ICAR
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  • CLUSA Zambia Rural Group Business Program
    By Susan Parker USAID and WOCCU
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Women's Thrift Cooperatives in Andhra Pradeh
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Polish credit union development: Building a sustainable network of financial services to serve low-income masses
August 1999, World Council of Credit Unions
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A Century of the Philippine Cooperative Movement
By: Prof. Jorge V. Sibal, UP SOLAIR, Diliman, Quezon City
http://www.wisc.edu/uwcc/info/abroad/sibal.html

The Many Meanings of "Solidarity": The Negotiation of Values in the Mondragon Worker- Cooperative Complex Under Pressure.
by George Cheney of the Department of Communication Studies, University of Montana- Missoula.
http://www.wisc.edu/uwcc/info/case.html

News and Information in 40 countries
The International Co-operative Information Center (ICA) has news and information about cooperatives in 40 countries:
http://www.wisc.edu/uwcc/icic/def-hist/country/index.html

Cooperative Agro Pastorale Segbeya African swine-raising, cooperative struggles to survive and prosper
by Azanmasso Joseph and Steven Graham, Rural Cooperatives November/December 2001
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/nov00/agro.htm

Co-operatives in the Republic of Uzbekistan
Abdukakhkhor A Abduganiyev, Visiting Research Fellow, Texas A&M University, 1999
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Financing Economic Self-reliance and Member Participation in Farmer Organizations in Kenya
FAO Rural Development Division
http://www.fao.org/sd/rodirect/roan0017.htm

Health insurance for informal sector: case study of Gujarat
by Gumber, Anil; Kulkarni, Veena, Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), India, September 2000
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Price Pooling and the Gains from Hedging: Application to a Swedish Grain Cooperative
by Demcey Johnson, Tomas Nilsson, and Hans Andersson
American Agricultural Economics Association - 2001 Annual Meeting
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A Report on Aboriginal Co- operatives in Canada: Current Situation and Potential for Growth
by Lou Hammond-Ketilson and Ian MacPherson, March 2001 University of Saskatchewan, Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, March 2001
http://coop-studies.usask.ca/aboriginal/aboriginalcoops.html

Strategic Alliances: Cooperatives', Farmers', and Rural Workers' Organizations
A COPAC commissioned study, December 2000
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The Impact of New Generation Cooperatives on Their Communities
USDA, RBS Research Report 177
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Village Banks, Caisses Villageoises, and Credit Unions: Lessons from Client-Owned Microfinance Organizations in West Africa
by Korotoumou Ouattara, Claudio Gonzalez-Vega, and Douglas H. Graham. Microenterprise Best Practices; Development Alternatives, Inc. December 1999.
http://www.mip.org/pubs/mbp/village_banks_caisses_villageoises.htm

Federation of the Agricultural Savings and Credit Unions, BENIN (CASE STUDY - 28 pp)
Christine Westercamp, Eschborn, 1999
Download this paper in .pdf.

WOCCU Research Monographs
The World Council Research Monograph Series presents the findings of credit union research and studies carried out through World Council's credit union development activities
http://www.woccu.org/pubs/monograp.php

Product Differentiate and Segregation in Agricultural Systems: Non-Genetically
Modified and Specialty Corn and Soybean Crops in Iowa

Paper discusses organizational and financial governance of cooperatives
By John Miranowski, S. Patricia Batres-Marquez, Ariun Ishdorj
Center for Agricultural Development, Iowa State University
February 2004
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The Comparative Advantage of Public Ownership: Evidence from U.S. Electric Utilities
By John Kwoka, Jr.
Department of Economics, Northeastern University
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