Articles in Housing

Canada's largest national newspaper, the Globe and Mail, has published an eight-page special report on co-ops in celebration of the International Year.

As a keen observer of the cooperative movement for the past 30 years, the British writer and financial journalist Andrew Bibby has extensive knowledge of cooperatives and mutuals. In addition to publishing several books and working for various newspapers and magazines, Bibby has also undertaken work for the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA), the International Labour Organization (ILO – Coop branch), Co-operatives UK and the Cooperative Group*. We asked him to trace the milestones ...

In the Annual Policy Monetary Statement released recently on 17th April 2012, RBI has announced constituting a Working Group to review the functioning of the Short Term Cooperative Credit Structure (STCCS). This group will undertake an in-depth analysis of the STCCS and examine various alternatives with a view to reducing the cost of credit, including feasibility of setting up of a two-tier STCCS as against the existing three-tier structure. Readers can recall that Government of India had set ...