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WFTO Asian Members at Fa!r2013
September 3, 2013 8:46The Asian members of the WFTO are featured exhibitors of Germany’s largest trade exhibition for Fair Trade products that runs from the…
Investing in Peruvian Alpacas
September 2, 2013 7:00
High in the Peruvian Andes, Oikocredit supports the traditional farming of Alpacas, a South American herd animal and cousin of the Llama. Alpacas live in high altitude areas, between 3,500 to 5,000 metres above sea level, and are traditionally farmed for their high quality wool. Alpaca farmers often live in remote areas of Peru, in... ...GCASH pioneers payment for Pag-IBIG via mobile phone
September 2, 2013 0:53Globe Telecom subsidiary G-Xchange, Inc. (GXI), the operator of mobile commerce service GCASH, was recently tapped by Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) or the Pag-IBIG Fund, to allow its over 12 Million members to transact with Pag-IBIG via GCASH, making it easy and more convenient for them to facilitate their Pag-IBIG transactions. With the tie-up,... ...
David Harvey interview: The importance of postcapitalist imagination
September 1, 2013 19:47
Source: http://www.redpepper.org.uk/david-harvey-interview-the-importance-of-postcapitalist-imagination/ From housing to wages, David Harvey says examining capitalism’s contradictions can point the way towards an alternative world Five years ago next month Lehman Brothers filed for the largest bankruptcy in US history. Its collapse was to signal the beginning of the Great Recession – the most substantial world historic crisis of capitalism... ...Executive Briefing on Factoring
September 1, 2013 0:42Download: Executive Briefing on Factoring – Invite
The Impact of Robots: Abundance and the Need for Radical Structural Reform
August 31, 2013 7:33Marx anticipated the problem as capitalism’s systemic crisis, the growth in the ‘organic composition of capital’ (machines) in an inverse relation to ‘living labor’ (jobs). The way out, in the shorter run, is a social wage combined with shorter hours, and in the longer run, socialism on the path to a classless society. McAfee here... ...
Brazil Blossoms as Solidarity Economy Beacon
August 30, 2013 11:27Brazil is leading the world in economic transformation with an elaborate movement-based network structure, forums, associations and government support, most of it accomplished just in the last 7 years. read more
Special Issue of ForoLACFR
August 30, 2013 3:21Special Issue of ForoLACFR http://forolacfr.org/boletines/2013_n_10 Language English Tags: INAISE FOROLACFR Newsletter MARCO REGULATORIO FOMENTO INCLUSIÓN FINANCIERA Microfinanzas Desarrollo Económico Desarrollo Rural
Mariam Dao to tour Europe and USA
August 30, 2013 1:57
Oikocredit representative for West Africa, Mariam Dao, will be touring Switzerland, France and the US from 31 August to 26 September. Ms Dao will showcase the work Oikocredit has been doing in her region, in particular its work with agriculture, inclusive finance and women. In the twenty years Ms Dao has been working for Oikocredit,... ...CDB supports forum on sustainable development
August 29, 2013 20:29China Development Bank (CDB) is supporting the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative’s (UNEP FI) 2013 Global Roundtable with the theme, “Financing the Future We Want – China, Emerging Markets and the World Economy” to be held in Beijing on November 12-13, 2013. CDB had long been committed to sustainable development, in fact its mission... ...
Mapping urban space
August 29, 2013 18:33Authors: Nate Gabriel This articles engages with the notion of the city as capitalist space, focusing on the specific actors that come together to realign economically heterogeneous spaces into the monolithic, capitalist city.
Bridge to the Future: Inside a Cooperative University
August 28, 2013 18:29
Applied learning: degrees at Mondragon are almost exclusively vocational, and research focuses on technology transfer Source: Getty By David Matthews SolidarityEconomy.net via Times Higher Education / UK We report from Spain on the University of Mondragon, which is fighting to preserve its teaching mission, industry-focused research and mutual governance model Mondragon is jointly owned by... ...Community Sector Banking news – August 2013
August 28, 2013 4:04Community Sector Banking news – August 2013 http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f6549c93b526d89b51ae5efcc&id=ab2fbc7318&e=[UNIQID] Language English Tags: Community Sector Banking CSB INAISE Australia NEWS Social Finance
What is Social and Solidarity Economy and Why Does It Matter?
August 27, 2013 18:00UNRISD Deputy Director Peter Utting introduces the theme of his organization’s big conference in May…
Cuba: the first cooperatives in industry and services
August 27, 2013 8:23124 cooperatives recently became operative in various sectors in Cuba. 25 of them are active in the sectors of construction, transport and waste collection. Until recently, cooperative enterprises were active only in the field of agriculture in Cuba. - News / América, Portada
