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The co-operative as institution for human development

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  • Sara Vicari
  • Pasquale De Muro

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Toward a reassessment of the role of co-operative enterprises as a tool for fighting poverty both from the academic community and the international organisations, the paper aims at contributing to the understanding of the added value of the co-operative form of business especially in a people-centred development setting. In particular, in applying the human development and capability approach to co-operative economics and therefore by linking co-operatives to the concept of well-being, the paper contributes to shifting the co-operative thinking beyond the homo oeconomicus rational choice perspective bringing it closer to the reason why people adhere to collective livelihood strategies, thus providing greater insight for policies and practice.

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  • Sara Vicari & Pasquale De Muro, 2012. "The co-operative as institution for human development," Departmental Working Papers of Economics - University 'Roma Tre' 0156, Department of Economics - University Roma Tre.
    • Handle: RePEc:rtr:wpaper:0156
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    1. Mohammed Shuaibu & Popoola Timothy Oladayo, 2016. "Determinants Of Human Capital Development In Africa: A Panel Data Analysis," Oeconomia Copernicana, Institute of Economic Research, vol. 7(4), pages 523-549, December.
    2. Francesco Burchi & Sara Vicari, 2014. "To Be or Not to Be a Member of a Primary Co-operative in Brazil: Any Difference in Household Decision-Making and Gender Equality?," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(3), pages 343-364, September.
    3. Jashim Uddin Ahmed & Wahida Shahan Tinne, 2017. "ASA: Cost-effective and Sustainable Microfinance Model NGO in Bangladesh," South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases, , vol. 6(2), pages 167-175, December.

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    Keywords

    co-operative enterprises; human development; capability approach; institutions; economic democracy; poverty eradication;
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    JEL classification:

    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • B52 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Modern Monetary Theory;
    • P13 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Cooperative Enterprises

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