Index (1994)
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This document has been made available in electronic format
by the International Co-operative Alliance ICA
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September, 1994
(Source: Report of a Study Commissioned by ICA
Europe - Co-operative Adjustment in a Changing
Environment in Sub-Saharan Africa)
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Co-operative Adjustment in a Changing Environment
in Sub-Saharan Africa
by
Lars-Erik Birgegaard, Consultant
Bjorn Genberg, Consultant
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INDEX
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Introduction
Summary
The Situation of Co-operatives in Africa
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1. Far-reaching economic transformation with profound impact
on co-operative organizations
2. Political transformation
3. Economic reforms strike at the base of the cooperative
organizations - their business activities
4. Ill prepared to meet the challenges
5. The capacity of cooperative organizations to change
A Modified Strategy for Co-operative for Co-operative
Development
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6. The basic orientation of the strategy
7. Improving business efficiency
8. Gender
9. The role of the State
10. Cooperative development outside formal structures
A Strategy for Co-operative Development Assistance
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11. Basic principles for donor assistance
12. Support to adjustment of formal cooperative structures or
support to cooperative development outside these
structures
13. Grant support to non-business activities
14. Support to cooperatives with a potential
15. Support programme ideas
16. The role of ICA
17. Staff development in cooperative donor agencies
Mobilization of Resources for Co-operative Development Aid
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18. Internal and external mobilization
19. Mobilization of internal resources from the coops in
Europe
20. External mobilization - the European Union
21. The European Union and the cooperatives
Methodology
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Chapter 1
The Situation of Co-operatives in Africa
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1.1 The evolution of the crisis
1.2 The causes of the crisis
1.3 The cooperative movements and the mounting crisis
1.4 The early response to the crisis
1.5 The structural adjustment programmes
1.6 Implications of structural adjustment for the cooperative
movements in Africa
1.7 Political transformation
1.8 The status of cooperative organizations
1.9 The need for change
1.10 The capacity and the constraints to change
Chapter II
A Strategy for Co-operative Development in Africa
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2.1 Introduction
2.2 The role of the State
2.3 The cooperative movements
2.4 Co-operative development outside the established formal
co-operative structures
Chapter III
A Development Assistance Strategy Assistance for Co-operative
Development
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3.1 Assistance on a Movement-to-Movement basis
3.2 Partnership in cooperative development
3.3 The donor as a supporter, the receiver as an executor
3.4 Assistance without creating dependence
3.5 The choice between transformation/adjustment of existing
co-operative organizations and co-operative development
outside these structures
3.6 Considerations of relevance for support to informal co-
operative activities
3.7 Only support to organizations with a potential
3.8 Grant support to non-business activities
3.9 Support programme ideas
3.10 The role of ICA
3.11 The staff of cooperative donor agencies
Chapter IV
Mobilization of Resources for Co-operative Development Aid
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4.1 Introduction
4.2 Role of and sources of capital .
4.3 Mobilization of internal resources from the cooperatives
in the North
4.4 External mobilization - the European Union
4.5 The European Union and the cooperatives
Appendix - List of references
