Statistics on Cooperatives : Concepts, classification, work and economic contribution measurement / Scientific editor: Marie J. Bouchard ; contributors Marie J. Bouchard, Chiara Carini, Hyungsik Eum, Madeg Le Guernic andDamien Rousselière
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Tables, Boxes and Figures -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Conceptual framework for statistics on cooperatives -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Definitions in usage at international level -- 1.3. Conceptual framework for defining a cooperative -- 1.4. Analytical framework of cooperatives' classifications -- 1.5. Conclusive remarks to the conceptual framework -- Chapter 2: Classification of Cooperatives. A Proposed Typology -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Criteria for classifying cooperatives
2.3. Typology for classifying cooperatives -- 2.4. Conclusive remarks about classification -- Chapter 3: Statistics on Work and Employment in Cooperatives -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Conceptual considerations -- 3.3. Work and employment in cooperatives -- 3.4. Work and employment performed in other economic units but within the scope of cooperatives -- 3.5. Data sources and data collection methods -- 3.6. Conclusive remarks about work and employment -- Chapter 4: On the economic contribution of cooperatives -- 4.1. Introduction
4.2. Definitions of the economic concepts and methodological issues -- 4.3. Economic contributions of cooperative and sustainable development goals: Theoretical effects and empirical evidence -- 4.4. Methods for measuring the economic contribution of cooperatives -- 4.5. Main issues for official statistics -- 4.6. Conclusive remarks about economic impact measurement -- References -- Annexes -- Annex 1. COPAC Technical Working Group on Cooperative Statistics (2016-2018) -- Annex 2. Guidelines concerning statistics on cooperatives (ILO, 2018a) -- Annex 3. National typologies used for analysis
Annex 4. International Classification of Status at Work (ICSaW-18) -- Annex 5. Work and employment in cooperatives in existing statistics -Empirical test -- Annex 6. Suggestion of variables to add to household-based surveys for collecting information concerning the impact of cooperative on work,employment and production activities -- Annex 7. Methods for estimating economic contributions
Summary
This publication is intended to help statisticians to capture more information on key trends and challenges in the world of cooperatives
