Statistics of Affiliated Organizations: Comparative Statements 1967-1968

Abstract

The International Co-operative Alliance presents its comparative statements for the years 1967 and 1968. The data for 1968 cover cooperatives in 51 o f the 59 countries affiliated to the Alliance and have been com piled from replies received in answer to our questionnaire to member organisations; from Annual Reports and published articles; and in some ca se s, from information received from correspondence with individual organisations. We are indebted to the Registrars of Cooperatives in Africa and Asia who have sent us annual reports relative to their countries and to the Reserve Bank o f India for its detailed statistical report; such statistics include all cooperatives, whether or not the organisations are affiliated to the national cooperative movement within the country. The membership figures may, in some cases, include a duplication in that some persons are members of more than one society. To minimise double counting wherever possible, a Cooperative Society which carries out multi-purpose activities, e .g . agricultural marketing and credit business and selling of consumer goods and farm supplies, is recorded under the heading appropriate to the predominant activity of that organisation.