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Kuwaiti government rolls out digital surveillance of co-operatives

Co-ops are also being ordered to stock national produce under the Kuwaiti Farmers' Corner initiative

Philippine government loaned 2.8bn pesos to electric co-ops in 2025

The Philippines’ National Electrification Administration (NEA) says it loaned around PHP2.8bn (£35m) to 45 electric co-ops…

On the trail of the new social economy: Coop-Sapporo, May 2025

Henry Mintzberg and Masako Fujii take a tour of Coop-Sapporo, an affiliation of social enterprises on the…

Indonesia wants village co-ops fully operational by middle of year

Ministers hope the network of 80,000 Red and White Village Co-ops will boost rural economies across…

Meryem Women’s Cooperative: A look at Turkey’s first green SSE co-op

The co-op aims to empower women 'who have been pushed out of life' with employment opportunities…

Why co-operatives are built to deal with crisis

Zuraidah Hoffman looks at the emergency response by co-ops to severe weather and floods in Jamaica,…

2025 in review: Noel Raboy

CEO and president, Climbs Life and General Insurance Cooperative

2025 in review: Chandra Pal Singh Yadav

President, International Cooperative Alliance - Asia and Pacific

Kuwait’s co-ops rack up $3bn in sales amid privatisation rumours

Kuwait’s Union of Consumer Co-operative Societies has highlighted the importance of co-ops to the national economy

AI will change the world. Can co-ops give control to the people?

Report from the recent Platform Cooperativism Consortium conference in Istanbul

UN grants $792,000 in relief funding for Lebanese co-ops

UNDP sets out four support packages for rural co-operatives damaged in the conflict with Israel

Vietnamese co-ops look to digital tools to chase EU trade

The Vietnam Cooperative Alliance is looking at ways to help co-operatives grapple with European trade rules