Turkey
Turkey
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The potential of co-ops for waste pickers in the recycling sector in Turkey
There are many layers to city life. Peel back one layer in any Turkish city and you are likely to find waste pickers. They are mostly migrant women and men living and working informally, collecting...
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International Co-operative Research Conference 2015
The International Co-operative Alliance’s Committee on Co-operative Research (ICA CCR) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) hosted a research conference from 8 to 10 November 2015 in Antalya, Turkey, as part of the Alliance’s 2015 global conference. The theme of the...
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BusinessWhy the future’s bright for women’s co-ops in Turkey
Betsy Dribben, Director of Policy for the International Co-operative Alliance, discovers why the future for women's co-operatives in Turkey has never been brighter.
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Banking and InsuranceWorld Bank publishes book on mutuals and takaful
A valuable new World Bank publication stresses the links between mutual and cooperative insurance and takaful, the fast-growing Shariah compliant alternative to insurance. The book, Takaful and Mutual Insurance: Alternative Approaches to Managing Risk, was...
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Business
Big thanks to these co-ops
The ICA would like to extend warm and sincere thanks to the following co-operatives from all around the world who have all donated to the ICA’s Global Appeal for the International Year of Co-operatives: Belarussian...
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AgricultureAgricultural cooperatives play a major role in food security
Food security was at the centre of the issues discussed at the International Food and Agricultural Congress in Antalya, Turkey.
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Economy
Festive food sales boost movement
CO-OP stores up and down the country appear to be in line for a bumper festive season after two of the UK’s biggest societies reported record food sales in the run-up to Christmas.