NGOs Organizing Cooperatives: The Philippine Experience

Authors

Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem

Publication Date

2002-01-01

Abstract

Pre-1986 Philippine governments promoted cooperatives as an anticommunist strategy but were unable to make them viable. After the People Power Revolusion of 1986, Left activists promoted cooperatives through NGOs to achieve social justice. Buscayno organized at the grassroots with support from the Aquino Administration. Morales worked at the centre to change the environment for cooperatives by legislation and budget support. The cooperative movement expanded rapidly, but faced huge problems: competition from rice cartels, mismanagement, natural disasters, the temptation for farmers to sell land to real estate developers, and shifts in political patronage. Despite these challenges, the movement continues to grow.

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.ARV.15.1.4

First Page

63

Last Page

78

Recommended Citation

Tadem, Teresa S. Encarnacion (2002) "NGOs Organizing Cooperatives: The Philippine Experience," Asian Review: Vol. 15: No. 1, Article 5.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.ARV.15.1.4
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/arv/vol15/iss1/5