This paper argues that poverty originates in the structural injustices of a social order which incapacitates the poor from participating in the growth generating sectors of the economy and leaves them captives in the so called informal sector, characterized by low productivity and low earning...

Cover -- Contents -- Acronyms -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Executive Summary -- Part One: Cooperatives on the African continent -- Chapter One - Cooperative Development in Africa up to the 1990s -- Chapter Two - Renaissance of African Cooperatives in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Field --...