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20 May '12

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CENTRAL AMERICA: Fair Trade Taking Root
article IPS News July 14, 2011 05:07 AM

By Danilo Valladares GUATEMALA CITY, Jul 14 (IPS) - "We started out with 10 organisations and now we have 22 cooperatives with more than 19,000 members who grow and export crops with an environmental, social and economic focus,...
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Development, Fairtrade

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U.S.: Citizens Reclaim Energy Cooperatives
article IPS News April 30, 2012 07:13 AM

By Matthew Cardinale ATLANTA, Georgia, Apr 30 (IPS) - As the United Nations and countries around the world look at cooperatives as an alternative economic model for the production of energy, rural energy cooperatives have thrived for over...
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Consumer, Democracy, Energy, Housing, Social Enterprise

Urban Chicken-Keeping Movement Spreads Its Wings
article IPS News March 16, 2012 08:06 AM

By Matthew Cardinale ATLANTA, Georgia, Mar 16 (IPS) - With increasing concerns about the economy and environmental sustainability on the minds of many U.S. citizens, leaders in the grassroots movement to promote urban chicken-keeping...
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Social Enterprise

Swaziland’s Cooperatives No Threat to Banks
article IPS News February 8, 2012 02:43 AM

By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE , Feb 8 (IPS) - Nomsa Tsabedze is one of the many people at the Bunye Betfu, Buhle Betfu Credit and Savings Cooperatives waiting to apply for a loan to pay for her children’s school fees. 'Unlike banks,...
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Banking and Insurance, Global Affairs, Development, Democracy, Financial

ARGENTINA: Fair Trade Going Strong Amid Global Crisis
article IPS News February 3, 2012 05:55 AM

By Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, Feb 3 (IPS) - With a steady growth in production and exports, fair trade in Argentina is proving that socially and environmentally sustainable practices can be much more than a refuge from external crises. 'One...
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Business, Development, Financial, Fairtrade, Social Enterprise

U.S.: Building Communities Around Sustainable Food
article IPS News January 31, 2012 10:34 AM

By Matthew Cardinale ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan 31 (IPS) - With more and more communities in the U.S. South turning to cooperatives as a way to produce and consume food in a sustainable manner, several cooperatives are hoping to expand on what they...

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan 31 (IPS) - With more and more communities in the U.S. South turning to cooperatives as a way to produce and consume food in a sustainable manner, several cooperatives are hoping to expand on what they view as more than...

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UGANDA: Rural Women’s Banks Ease Tough Times
article IPS News January 30, 2012 05:12 AM

By Wambi Michael WAKISO, Uganda, Jan 30 (IPS) - For most Ugandan women, obtaining a commercial loan to start a business has been very difficult. Many do not have the required collateral of land title deeds and many cannot afford the...
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Banking and Insurance, Business, Development, Financial, Social Enterprise

U.S.: A Credit Union to Bail Out People, Not Big Banks
article IPS News January 21, 2012 11:39 AM

By Judith Scherr SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan 21 (IPS) - Occupy activists from Wall Street to San Francisco's financial district have dramatised their anger with big financial institutions by blocking JP Morgan Chase Bank doorways,...
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Financial

MAURITIUS: The Decline of Consumer Cooperatives
article IPS News January 21, 2012 03:57 AM

By Nasseem Ackbarally PORT-LOUIS, Jan 21 (IPS) - Amateurism, high prices, mismanagement, and a limited product range have discouraged Inderjeet Rajcoomarsingh, the former chairman of the Mauritius Agricultural Cooperative...
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Consumer, Democracy, Social Enterprise

Forging Bond Will Be Test for Co-ops and Occupy Movement
article IPS News December 12, 2011 09:21 AM

By Fawzia Sheikh TORONTO, Dec 12 (IPS) - Canadian cooperatives may grow as the global Occupy movement raises the profile of their business model through boosting interest in credit unions over traditional banks, but uncertainty remains about...
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Consumer, Democracy, Mutuals, Health, Producer or Worker, Regional Organisations, Housing, Social Enterprise

ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Women Turn Waste Into Wealth
article IPS News December 7, 2011 10:40 AM

By K.S. Harikrishnan KOVALAM, India, Dec 8 (IPS) - Standing on the shimmering white beach and gazing out at the turquoise blue waters of the Arabian sea, it is hard to believe that a decade ago this international tourist destination was...
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Environment, Politics, Social Enterprise