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This document has been made available in electronic format
by the Committee for the Promotion and
Advancement of Cooperatives
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Intergovernmental Meeting of Experts on South-South Cooperation
31 July - 4 August 1995
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SOUTH - SOUTH COOPERATION
WITHIN THE COOPERATIVELY ORGANIZED SEGMENT
OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
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Background paper prepared by the United Nations Department
for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development
New York, July 1995
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Preface
Introduction
A. Relevance of the private sector to South-
South cooperation
B. Significance of the cooperatively organized
segment of the private sector for South-
South cooperation
Chapter I. Regional structures of the International
Cooperative Movement relevant to its
capacity for South-South Cooperation
A. Independent regional structures established
by national cooperative organizations
B. Regional structures of the ICA
C. Regional structures of ICA specialized
bodies
D. Specialist institutions of the cooperative
movement in the South
E. Regional exchange of views and formulations
of regional strategies concerning the nature
of appropriate partnerships between
governments and national cooperative
movements
F. Development of regional coordinating
institutions and procedures
G. Development of global coordinating
institutions and procedure with substantial
participation from the South
Chapter II. Technical cooperation among developing
countries: The contribution of cooperative
business enterprises
A. Current level of participation of national
cooperative movement in UNDP TCDC programmes
B. Collaboration with other regional
institutions
C. Revision in cooperative law
D. Human resource development
E. Improvement in the equal participation of
indigenous peoples in cooperatives
F. Improvement in women's equal participation
in cooperatives
G. Regional meetings on operation and technical
matters
H. Regional meetings on the management of
cooperative business enterprises
I. Organization of study visits and exchanges
J. Information and research
K. Movement-to-movement technical assistance
L. Issues of major interest: the environment
and sustainable development
M. Technical cooperation among financial
cooperatives
(1) Savings and credit cooperatives
("credit unions")
(2) Cooperative banks
(3) Cooperative insurance enterprises
Chapter III. Economic cooperation among developing
countries : the Contribution of cooperative
business enterprises
A. Development of business opportunities in
primary commodities and manufactured goods
B. Collaboration between financial cooperatives
(1) Savings and credit cooperatives
("credit unions")
(2) Cooperative banks
(3) Cooperative insurance enterprises
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