The cooperative movement has played a vital role in economic development around the world. Cooperatives also contribute to the achievement of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They generate revenue for economic growth, support the development of communities and local culture and help protect the environment. Cooperatives in Asia have been leaders in their approaches with comprehensive and supportive policies. Across Asia, there are unique models of cooperatives — some of which can be replicated internationally. They utilise collectivisation as an economic model with the cooperation of their populations. Cooperatives from Bangladesh, India, Israel, Japan, Nepal and the United Arab Emirates are also well-known for their proactive approach to sustainability.

This book seeks to document the governance, leadership and sustainable best practices of cooperatives, to pave the way for the development of cooperatives internationally, utilising the sustainable cooperatives of Asia as examples. Addressing the current gap in research about cooperatives, the chapters showcase lessons for the cooperative world in its movement towards sustainability through the examination of original case studies, as well as quantitative studies. The volume offers new insights to researchers and policymakers to understand the ecosystem surrounding cooperatives and actions to take to work towards their strengthening and welfare.

Contents:

• About the Editors


• About the Contributors


• A Socio-Economic Scenario of Cooperative Societies Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis (Md Saidur Rahaman, Léo-Paul Dana, Md Mizanur Rahman, and Iqbal Hossain Moral)


• Cooperatives and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (Satarupa Modak, Triptesh Mondal, and Subhrajyoti Panda)


• Strengthening Resilience and Solidarity in Cooperatives: Pathways for a New Ministry of Cooperation in the Post-COVID-19 Era (Neha Christie, Darshnaben Mahida, and P K Shajahan)


• Understanding the Business Model of Uralungal Labour Contract Cooperative Society: India's Oldest Workers' Cooperative (Rahul Waghmare, Naman Sharma, and Yogesh Desale)


• Cooperative Societies: Classification and Subclassification (Pooja, K N Pavithra, and S C Ravi)


• Sustaining Cooperative Banks in South Asia: Lessons with Special Reference to Sustainable Models of Cooperative Banks from Kerala, India (B P Pillai, R Jayalakshmi, and Sneha Kumari)


• Kibbutz in Israel: From Equal Sharing to Privatisation (A Allan Degen and Lily Degen)


• Entrepreneurial Model for Sustaining Cooperatives with Special Reference to Dairy Cooperatives (Ashok Kumar Gupta, Anindita Baidya, and Subhanwesh Mahapatra)


• Cooperative Banks: Tracing, Tracking, and Treating the Failures (Anil Kumar Angrish and Sanjeev K Bansal)


• Fishery Cooperatives as a Catalyst for Sustainability (Shakti Ranjan Panigrahy and Archit Kumar Nayak)


• Emerging Triple Bottom Line Approach in Cooperatives: A Special Reference to Micro-Enterprise Development Cooperative Society (Sunita Pati, K K Tripathy, Sneha Kumari, and Nisha Bharti)


• Collective Approach for Green Entrepreneurship: A Case Study (Sneha Kumari, K K Tripathy, and Vidya Patkar)


• Viability Analysis of Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society: A Case in Pune, India (Madhuri Chaure)


• Index

Readership: Academics, researchers, practioners, and policymakers specialising and interested in the field of cooperatives, and seeking to advance cooperatives in their respective countries.

Key Features:

• There is currently a scarcity of research on cooperatives, so this book seeks to fill in this gap in the literature


• This book highlights successful cooperative models in Asian countries that provide lessons for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, paving the way for sustainability and other cooperative movements


• This book brings together a wide range of individuals and encompasses a wide range of topics on cooperatives


• This book shares strategic and entrepreneurial developments for sustaining cooperatives globally, and the roadmap cooperatives can take in achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals