Third Critical Study on Cooperative Legislation and Policy Reforms - Summary

Abstract

This study, third in the series, was commissioned by ICA ROAP with the main objective to report on critical appraisal of the extent to which resolutions of the 6th Cooperative Ministers' Conference held in Kathmandu in April 2002 ,have been implemented / adapted by ICA members and the governments in the region focusing on impact of reforms process on cooperatives and actual results thereof. Understandably, the reforms process on cooperatives is in relation to enabling cooperative legislation and governments' public policy on cooperatives in the context of resolutions adopted at the ministerial conference. This summarised report is based on the field studies conducted in 5 countries of the 4 main sub-regions of Asia-Pacific Region (China, Japan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Kuwait), response to the structured questionnaire canvassed for the study received from member-countries of ICA in the region and information gathered and input provided during discussions with cooperative leaders, government officials and experts in the field.