Latest Book Reviews the experiences of 6 Arab countries in the fields of cooperatives
By Ashraf Al Said
Latest Book Reviews the experiences of 6 Arab countries in the fields of cooperatives
By Ashraf Al Said
In this reference entitled “Cooperative Organizations in the Arab World”, the author, Dr. Moustafa El-Abdallah Al Kafry, Professor of Economics at the University of Damascus, sails to several Arab countries that have cooperative experiences, whether consumer, productive or residential, and has analyzed some aspects of the cooperative movement in six Arab countries: Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, Tunisia and Yemen, and this book is located in 742 pages of medium cut and includes ten chapters.
Genesis of the cooperation:
Natural cooperation (innate) has arisen with the birth of man and his sense of need for his fellow man and the work of individuals in primitive life jointly and collective work and joint ownership of the means of production appeared, then the concept of cooperation evolved over time to become an economic and social organization aimed at protecting vulnerable groups and small producers and consumers and standing in the face of exploitation and social and economic contradictions left by the capitalist feudal system Cooperation (a type of human behavior seen in different, human eras resorted to by man in his work and in his actions Cooperation is a means to improve the reality of cooperative members in economic and social terms, not an end in itself, and cooperation has achieved positive and tangible results and proved its usefulness throughout the ages and in various socio-economic systems in the world. Ibn Khaldun (1332 – 1406) was the first to try to give a material explanation for the people’s quest to meet, which is their need to earn and cooperate to obtain a livelihood and says in it: (The ability of one of the human beings is deficient in the collection of his need of food).
Organized Cooperation:
In his introduction to the book, the author explained in the first chapter that cooperation leads to the speed of completion of work, and also presented cooperation and cooperative society, then listed a classification of cooperative societies, then identified the basic principles of cooperation, the objectives of cooperatives and their relationship with the state, and discussed the subject of cooperative ownership and cooperative organizational evidence. Since the emergence of the organized cooperative movement associated with the name of the early pioneers of textile workers almost 150 years ago, cooperatives have been looking forward to Achieving real development that raises the standard of living of its members. In addition to the general principles formulated by these free weavers and those who supported them intellectually, they also had a very important position when they declared: “We must rise from the buyer of the needs of the members to their manufacture and cultivation, thus providing ourselves with the profits of a team that is not ours, and uniting above all for ourselves the means of honest work.”
The importance of cooperation in the economies of Arab countries:
In this chapter, the author discussed the role of cooperation in the socio-economic policy of the state, the role of the League of Arab States in supporting the cooperative movement through the Committee of Arab Cooperation Experts, the issuance of the Charter of the Arab Cooperative Movement and the establishment of the Union and Arab Cooperation, as well as the most important problems and difficulties facing the Arab cooperative movement and some cooperatives have become historically deep in a number of countries of the Arab world, where the date of the issuance of the first law of cooperation in Egypt dates back to 1923, and the first cooperative had appeared. In Egypt fifteen years ago, but in other countries such as Lebanon, Iraq, Sudan and Syria, the beginnings of the cooperative movement and its legislation emerged during the forties of this century.
The cooperative movement in the Arab world was characterized by its popular character at first, and then began to operate under the umbrella and supervision of governments. Its activities are mostly concentrated in service areas. Few of them practice joint productive work, and for agricultural cooperatives, the nature of their work has not yet been decided in a practical and convincing manner for their members, whether it is service or productive, and its requirements must be provided.
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Latest Book Reviews the experiences of 6 Arab countries in the fields of cooperatives
Latest Book Reviews the experiences of 6 Arab countries in the fields of cooperatives
By Ashraf Al Said
Contents
The importance of cooperation in the economies of Arab countries: 3
Organizational Structure of the Cooperative Movement in Syria: 4
Agricultural Cooperative Societies in Egypt: 5
Craft production cooperatives in Syria: 6
Consumer cooperatives in Tunisia: 6
Cooperative organizations in the State of Kuwait: 6
Objectives of Consumer Cooperatives in Kuwait: 7
First Agricultural Cooperative in: 8
Housing cooperative societies in Syria: 8
The cooperative movement in the Republic of Yemen: 8