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OCDC’s International Cooperative Research Group Releases “What Difference Do Cooperatives Make?” Peru Country Study.

The “What Difference Do Cooperatives Make?” research initiative is a comprehensive, evidence-based study that rigorously examines the impacts that cooperatives have on the lives of people who belong to cooperatives. It is the “first” study of its kind, using the same methods in Poland, Peru, Philippines and Kenya. The Peru Country Study, which surveyed a representative sample of Read More

Women’s Economic Empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Introducing the Study

The UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. Pre-COVID-19, global progress had been made towards this goal both in policy and practice. Illustrative advances include decreasing the number of child brides and increasing awareness of girls’ rights to be spared from female genital mutilation (FGM), in Read More

OCDC’s International Cooperative Research Group Releases “What Difference do Cooperatives Make?” Philippines Country Study.

The “What Difference Do Cooperatives Make?” research initiative is a comprehensive, evidence-based study that rigorously examines the impacts that cooperatives have on the lives of people who belong to cooperatives.  It is the “first” study of its kind, using the same methods in Poland, Peru, Philippines and Kenya. The Philippines Country Study, which surveyed a Read More

OCDC’s International Cooperative Research Group Releases “What Difference do Cooperatives Make?” Kenya Country Study.

The “What Difference Do Cooperatives Make?” research initiative is a comprehensive, evidence-based study that rigorously examines the impacts that cooperatives have on the lives of people who belong to cooperatives.  It is the “first” study of its kind, using the same methods in Poland, Peru, Philippines and Kenya. The Kenya Country Study, which surveyed a Read More

The U.S. Congress Endorses Cooperative Development Program (CDP).

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact: Paul Hazen, executive director 202-261-3558 Washington, D.C. (December 23, 2020) The U.S Congress recently passed, and President Donald Trump signed, fiscal 2021 appropriations packages, increasing annual funding for the FY21 Cooperative Development Program (CDP) to $18.5 million, a $1.5 million increase from the last spending bill. “The CDP Read More

Andrea Walsh, CEO of OCDC Member HealthPartners Named Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal’s 2021 Executive of The Year.

Andrea Walsh is the President and CEO of HealthPartners Inc., and has been named the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal’s 2021 Executive of the Year. Headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota, CDP Member, HealthPartners offers health insurance, care and do work in education and research. Founded in 1957 HealthPartners has been member-governed since the beginning, and their Read More

Rita Panicker, Founder & Director, Butterfiles Named OCDC’S International Cooperative Innovation Award Winner

Rita Panicker, this year’s awardee founded the organization, Butterflies in 1989 in India to advance this mission. In 2001 Butterflies launched the children’s development Kazana a life-skills education program that educates children on democratic values and financial management. The Children’s Development Khazana is a cooperative managed and owned by children with total membership of over Read More

In The Beira Corridor, Land O’Lakes Venture 37 & USAID Demonstrate How Public-Private Partnerships Tackle the World’s Toughest Challenges

Over the last 25 years, American innovation and assistance has helped to cut extreme poverty in half and save millions of lives around the world while generating a significant return on investment for US Investors. The State Department, USAID, and America’s development agencies are engaging new partners, assembling private sector resources, and developing approaches to Read More

The Impacts of COVID-19 in The Agriculture Sector Go Beyond the Disruption of Global Food Systems, Regional Agriculture Value Chains, and Risk to Household Food Security.

By Kristy McCarville, Operations Associate, US Overseas Cooperative Development Council As policies began to restrict the freedom of movement and business operations, economic and social stressors aggravated pre-existing gender and societal hierarchies, leading to an uptick in gender-based violence (GBV). In the past, rural women have disproportionally been affected by health and economic crises, and Read More

WOCCU to Support Women’s Entrepreneurship & Economic Empowerment Worldwide

SENGAL April 2020 – August 2021. WOCCU is developing a Gender Lens Investment Methodology in Senegal that will elevate women’s entrepreneurship and economic empowerment worldwide.The financial backing for the project is provided by USAID INVEST, and USAID’s office of Gender Equity and Women’s Empowerment and will be deployed through innovative blended finance approaches. These approaches Read More