People-Centred Businesses

People-Centred Businesses
Author: J. Birchall
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2010-11-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230295290

So what is a member-owned business? What does it look like? How can we distinguish it from an investor-owned business? The crucial distinction is between a business that is people-centred, and one that is money-centred. This book explores the growing number of companies which use this model and their wider significance in society.

Credit Unions and the Poverty Challenge

Credit Unions and the Poverty Challenge
Author: Bernd Balkenhol
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Total Pages: 166
Release: 1999
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789221108528

Reviews experiences of refinancing credit unions in several developing countries. Examines their capacity to increase members' shares or mobilize deposits, how refinancing facilities have influenced the quality of the loan portfolio, whether external credit lines have enhanced their profitability, and whether debt finance has led to sustained growth and better outreach to the poor. Includes an agenda for action.

Report of the Expert Consultation on International Fish Trade and Food Security

Report of the Expert Consultation on International Fish Trade and Food Security
Author:
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2003
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789251050033

Recommendations made include the need: for a background study and consultation on the normative framework for fish trade and food security; for the preparation of technical guidelines on the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF), fish trade and food security; and better training to improve capacity of policy makers and technical personnel on international issues dealing with fish trade and food security.

Report of and Papers Presented at the Expert Consultation on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, Sydney, Australia, 15-19 May 2000

Report of and Papers Presented at the Expert Consultation on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, Sydney, Australia, 15-19 May 2000
Author: Expert Consultation on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2001
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9789251047323

The issue of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in world fisheries is of serious and increasing concern. This document contains the report and papers presented a meeting of experts held in May 2000, which was organised by the Government of Australia in co-operation with the FAO. The preliminary draft international plan of action elaborated by the experts is appended to the report of the Consultation.

Report

Report
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1988
Genre: Apartheid
ISBN:

Co-operatives and Rural Poverty - Eight Questions Answered

Co-operatives and Rural Poverty - Eight Questions Answered
Author: Koenraad Verhagen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 70
Release: 1980
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Research report evaluating the possibilities of rural cooperatives as institutions for combating rural area poverty in developing countries - examines forms of cooperatives, cooperative education, and strategies for development of cooperative movements, (esp. The role of international aid institutions and information sources), etc. References.