Case
Studies
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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to read.
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
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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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read.
Analysis
of the Coffee Cooperatives of the Yungas
by Mary Pat Clasen, USAID
(English & Spanish)
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file
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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for PDF File
- 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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for.pdf file.
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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file.
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
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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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