Revitalization of credit cooperatives in Serbia

The Role of Credit in Women’s Employment the Case of Women’s Cooperatives in Iran

Efficiency and Ownership: Evidence from Japanese Credit Cooperatives

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is used to estimate the overall efficiency and productivity growth of credit cooperatives in Japan during 1992–1996. Overall efficiency is decomposed into output technical efficiency and input allocative efficiency. Twenty percent of all credit cooperatives in Japan are foreign owned with more than 90% of those owned by Koreans. The history of institutional discr...

Financial Trends and Needs of Cooperatives and Implications of Consolidation in the Farm Credit System

the role of credit in women’s employment: the case of women’s cooperatives in iran

since 1980s, credit policy has been promoted as an important mechanism in job creation, especially for women. however, some researchers have showed that although microfinance programs have significant potential for contributing to women’s wellbeing, yet, many women borrowers have limited control over loans and/or resulted income. in such cases credit policy may not change women status. women’s ...

Development of Agricultural Cooperatives for Revitalization of the Rural Community – Focused on the Case Study of ‘Sunkist’

Cooperatives are a fairly new form of economic system in Korea compared to the western nations, yet, it has caught many attentions since the Fundamental Cooperative Act was enacted in 2011. Korea, once a very traditional community-based society, used to develop similar systems such as dooreh and poomasi. Thus, cooperatives have been astonishingly gaining popularity in various aspects recently a...