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Co-operatives
What are they? How do they work?
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How are co-operatives different?
A different kind of business.
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The beginning of co-operatives
Who started cooperatives and where?
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The International Co-operative Alliance
The ICA has member organisations from over 100 countries.
Co-operatives and Poverty
How co-operatives can improve peoples' lives.
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Case studies
Co-operatives in Ghana and East Timor.
Useful websites
More on co-operatives
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  • Co-operatives are a different type of business , owned by the people who use them.
  • Around the world co-operatives are run according to the same set of principles.
  • The main purpose of a co-operative is to serve the needs of its members, rather than just making money.
  • Co-operatives can provide a useful way for poor farmers and workers to address some of the problems they face, and find a way out of poverty.