India

7 publications

• Social Reproduction, Solidarity Economy, Feminisms and Democracy. Latin America and India.

  Edited by Christine Verschuur, Isabelle Guérin, Isabelle Hillenkamp, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

• Theory of Social Enterprise and Pluralism. Social Movements, Solidarity Economy, and the Global South.

  Social Movements, Solidarity Economy, and Global South

  Edited by Philippe Eynaud, Jean-Louis Laville, Luciane Lucas Dos Santos, Swati Banerjee, Flor Avelino, Lars HULGÅRD, Routledge, May 2019

• Collective Social Entrepreneurship: Arenas for Gendering Social Innovation and Marginalized Women’s Collective Action

  in People-Centered Social Innovation Global Perspectives on an Emerging Paradigm

  Linda Lundgaard Andersen, Swati Banerjee, Routledge, 2019

• Social Reproduction Theory: Remapping Class, Recentering Oppression

  dir. Tithi Bhattacharya, Pluto Press, United States, 2017

• Toward an Epistemological Foundation for Social and Solidarity Economy

  Occasional Paper 3. Potential and Limits of Social and Solidarity Economy

  Anup Dash, UNRISD, Geneva, Switzerland, March 2014

  UNRISD

• Co-operatives and Workers in the Informal Economy: Possibilities and Challenges

  Co-operative College, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing - Wiego, January 2014

• Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Development

  Vandana Shiva, Zed Books, United States, 1989

11 Videos

• Audio : The Great Gender Digital Divide

  In Solidarity. SEWA Cooperative Federation

  August 2022

• In Conversation: Satish Kumar

  June 2021

• Youths engagement in Social and Solidarity Economy

  ASEC online event - 27 June 2021

  June 2021

  ASEC

• Audio : Neera SIngh, on Community Forests in India

  August 2020

• Actions: Economy with Humanity - Vandana Shiva, Michel Bauwens, Pedro Tarak #liveablefuture

  July 2020

• Reema Nanavaty, General Secretary of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)

  Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: What Role for Social and Solidarity Economy? International Conference , UNTFSSE, 25 – 26 June 2019

  June 2019

• Basic Income Pilot Project in India

  August 2014

• Agenda Plus: India, Taxis, and Women’s Safety

  February 2014

• Ananya Mukherjee-Reed : Taking Solidarity Seriously: Analysis of Kudumbashree, an Experiment in Kerala, India

  UNRISD conference “Potential and Limits of Social and Solidarity Economy”, Geneva, 6-8 May 2013

  Ananya Mukherjee-Reed, May 2013

  UNRISD

• Creative Handicrafts - Making The World A Less Unequal Place

  November 2011

• Sanjit “Bunker” Roy, founder of Barefoot College, which helps rural communities becomes self-sufficient

  TED, 2011

  October 2011

2 pedagogical tools

• The CEECEC Handbook: Ecological Economics from the Bottom-Up

  2012

  CEECEC

• Leadership training manual for women leaders of cooperatives

  ILO Publication

  October 2005

  BIT/ILO

43 case studies

• Case Studies from 5 countries

  ASEC OPEN SPACE ON SOCIAL INCLUSION AND SOCIAL PROTECTION 19 May 2021

  Kumar Loganathan, Ir. Eri Trinurini Adhi, Datuk Dr. Mohd Yusof Kasim, Rolando Victoria, May 2021

  ASEC

• PowerPoint - Sustainable development of women in Rural India : The model of “ASSEFA”, a pioneering Development Organization in India

  Asia-Pacific Peoples’ Forum for Sustainable Development (March 19-21, 2021)

  Kumar Loganathan, March 2021

  ASEC

• [ASEC SSE Academy] WISHALL Women In Self Help Action in Lords Love

  May 2020

  ASEC

• [ASEC SSE Academy] : 4P Model in Urban Sanitation. Building Public-Private-People(s Partnerships

  May 2020

  ASEC

• [ASEC SSE Academy] : People-oriented economy. Parnaama Development Foundation, New Dehli, India

  May 2020

  ASEC

• [ASEC SSE Academy] A case study on Rejuvenating Rural Economy Via Communty Dairy Enterprise in Rural Tamil Nadu. Experimentation of ASSEFA in India for the last five decades.

  May 2020

  ASEC

• Leadership Training and Capacity Building for Youth towards Initiating a Culture of Social Change: Habitat for Humanity, India

  Sam Vedanayagam, November 2019

  CRESS Alsace

• Participation of People in Developing Sustainable, Social & Solidarity Economy: ASSEFA, India

  Kumar Loganathan, November 2019

  ASEC

• Assessing the Role of Global Partnership and Collaboration in Exploring Blue Economy: Evidences from Asian Countries with Special Reference to the India and Bangladesh Initiatives

  de Futuro del Trabajo: Buenas Prácticas de Cooperación Sur-Sur y Triangular (CSST) en Economía Social y Solidaria

  Arindam Laha, October 2019

  BIT/ILO

• Future of Work, Skill Development and SSTC: Reflections from Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation Programme

  de Futuro del Trabajo: Buenas Prácticas de Cooperación Sur-Sur y Triangular (CSST) en Economía Social y Solidaria

  Sumit Kumar Maji, October 2019

  BIT/ILO

• Reviewing the Role of South-South Triangular Cooperation and Alliance to Fight against HIV/AIDS with Special Reference to the Initiatives of India and Africa

  de Futuro del Trabajo: Buenas Prácticas de Cooperación Sur-Sur y Triangular (CSST) en Economía Social y Solidaria

  Somnath Chatterjee, October 2019

  BIT/ILO

• Case study : Improving food security through Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Stengthening Local Biodiversity Management, Udaipur, india

  Asia Pacific People forum for Sustainable Development (APPFSD) , March 24 to 26, 2019 Bangkok, ASEC: workshop « Grassroots communities empowering themselves »

  Prayatna Samiti, March 2019

  ASEC

• Hundreds of alternative initiatives In India

  2019

• Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 - Cooperative contributions to SDG 10

  ILO Briefs

  August 2018

  BIT/ILO

• Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 Cooperative contributions to SDG 11

  ILO Briefs

  July 2018

  BIT/ILO

• Summary report - Advancing cooperation among women workers in the informal economy: The SEWA way

  ILO

  June 2018

  BIT/ILO

• Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 Cooperative contributions to SDG 6

  ILO Briefs

  May 2018

  BIT/ILO

• Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 - Cooperative contributions to SDG 5

  ILO Briefs

  March 2018

  BIT/ILO

• Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 - Cooperative contributions to SDG 1

  ILO Briefs

  January 2018

  BIT/ILO

• Claiming land tenure security for Nagpur’s slum residents

  Transformative cities - Atlas of Utopias

  Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA) and Shehar Vikas Manch (SVM), 2018

  TNI

• Kudumbashree Collective Farming and related initiatives

  Transformative cities - Atlas of Utopias

  Society for Knowledge Commons, 2018

  TNI

• Harnessing the role of rural organizations in social protection. An inventory of prActices.

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome

  Directed by Igor Vinci, 2017

• Dharani FaM Co-op Ltd

  6th Annual General Body Meeting – Mahasabha

  Kavita Kuruganti, January 2016

• Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability as Reflected in a Case of Rural Community in West Bengal, India

  Submitted to the Asian Solidarity Economy Council, on the occasion of the 5th RIPESS International Meeting of SSE, Manila, Philippines, October, 15-18, 2013.

  Rajanita Das Purkayastha, October 2013

• Conference on Unconditional cash Transfers: finding from two case studiies

  Organized by: SEWA and UNICEF Date: May 30th- 31st 2013, New Delhi, India

  May 2013

• The Deccan Development Society in India

  International Newsletter for Sustainable Local Development Newsletter #94

  Judith Hitchman, Martine Theveniaut, December 2012

  International Newsletter of Sustainable Local Development

• Collective Bargaining by Workers of the Indian Unorganized Sector: Struggle, Process, Achievements, and Learning

  Indian Sector for Self-Employed Women, December 2012

• From strength to strength: The mutual support and empowerment group of village women in India (ASSEFA)

  Eléonore Dupré, November 2012

  International Newsletter of Sustainable Local Development

• MFIs lay small-debt trap in Andhra

  October 2010

  Infochange News and analysis on social justice and development issues in India

• Microfinance and Small Farmers in India

  July 2009

  CED

• Just Change India

  Developing Producer Consumer Alliances

  July 2009

  CED

• Rickshaw Bank in India

  An initiative for alternative employment

  Yvon Poirier, February 2009

  International Newsletter of Sustainable Local Development

• A cooperative in India: the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)

  Rajni Bakshi, September 2008

  CED

• Meeting local needs

  Case study of the book Social and environmental responsibility, 2006

  Vincent Commenne, 2006

• Meeting local needs 2

  Case study of the book Social and environmental responsibility, 2006

  Vincent Commenne, 2006

• ASSEFA : 35 Years of Service to Rural Communities of India

  A holistic approach to community development

  Yvon Poirier, October 2004

  International Newsletter of Sustainable Local Development

• Interview of Sheelu Francis, Tamil Nadu Women’s Collective, Tamil Nadu – India

  Sheelu Francis is an outstanding leader of the 60 thousand-strong women’s collective, active in the whole state of Tamil Nadu, Southern India. Sheelu is also the international spokesperson for the Collective, speaking about the impacts of international trade, debt and activities of transnational corporations on local development, on food security and sovereignty.

  Marcos Arruda, February 2004

• Commercial Aspects of SHG Banking in India

  A study on the SHG Bank Linkage Programme in India presented at the New Dehli SHG Banking seminar, November 2002. The study was supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Rome, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, New Delhi and Eschborn/Germany, and NABARD, Mumbai.

  Harishkumar R. Dave, November 2002

• Comparative analysis of the MYRADA and SEWA cases, India

  Case study of the Finsol workshop

  Teresa Cerveau, April 2002

• Women in the Ratnagiri Cooperative in Maharashtra, India

  Nalini NAYAK, A. VIJAYAN, September 2001

  ICSF

• Malpe Fisherwomen’s Cooperative Society in Karnataka

  M. Gracy, September 2001

  ICSF

• Case Study Of A Corporate Paper–Sugar Complex

  A case study on Industrial Ecology, India

  Suren Erkman, Ramesh Ramaswamy, 1996

• Case Study Of The Textile Industry In Tirupur

  A case study on Industrial Ecology, India

  Ramesh Ramaswamy, Suren Erkman, 1996

25 Analyses/working papers/articles

• Centering cooperatives and cooperative identity within the social and solidarity economy: Views from the Asia-Pacific cooperative apexes and federations

  Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management 9 (2021) 1 001 45

  Balasubramanian Iyer, Simren Singh, October 2021

• ASEC report on side event : Grassroots Movements & Solidarity Economy in Asia

  Asia-Pacific Peoples’ Forum for Sustainable Development (March 19-21, 2021)

  Denison Jayasooria, March 2021

  ASEC

• Defining performance in difficult times

  Annual report 2020-21

  ASSEFA, 2021

• Grassroots Solidarity in Revitalising Rural Economy in Asia, Drawing Lessons from Three Case Studies in India, Indonesia and China.

  UKM Ethnic Studies Paper Series No. 64

  Denison Jayasooria, August 2020

• Local economy: Views from Madurai grassroots conversations

  Denison Jayasooria, January 2020

• WORKSHOP REPORT FOR APPFSD 2019

  Asia Pacific People forum for Sustainable Development (APPFSD) , March 24 to 26, 2019 Bangkok, ASEC: workshop « Grassroots communities empowering themselves »

  March 2019

  ASEC

• Cooperatives meeting informal economy workers’ child care needs - A Joint ILO and WIEGO Initiative

  International Labour Organization and Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing 2018

  April 2018

  BIT/ILO

• Building Inclusive Cities: Highlights from the Inclusive Cities Project

  Edited by Rhonda Douglas, October 2017

  Wiego

• ACADEMY ON SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY: INNOVATIVE ECOSYSTEMS FOR SOLIDARITY ECONOMY POLICIES AND SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION

  Seoul, June 2017

  June 2017

  BIT/ILO

• Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach and Education: Enhancing Social Justice

  Lisa Journal/Revue Lisa, vol. XIV-n°1

  Nadeera RAJAPAKSE, 2016

• An Epistemological Reflection on Social and Solidarity Economy

  Anup Dash, January 2015

• Direct Cash Transfers: What Money Can Buy

  Forbes India Magazine

  Seetha, July 2013

• Let’s “Do-It-Ourselves”: Building a Participatory Economy in South Asia

  Think pieces for the UNRISD conference “Potential and Limits of Social and Solidarity Economy”. 6-8 May 2013

  Bryn Gay, Chatrini Weeratunge, May 2013

  UNRISD

• Can Female Entrepreneurship Programmes Support Social and Solidarity Economy? Insights from China and India

  Think pieces for the UNRISD conference “Potential and Limits of Social and Solidarity Economy”. 6-8 May 2013

  Tonia Warneke, May 2013

  UNRISD

• Economic Ideals: Gandhian and Neoliberal Logics in India

  Think pieces for the UNRISD conference “Potential and Limits of Social and Solidarity Economy”. 6-8 May 2013

  Babita Batt, Samer Abdelnour, Israr Qureshi, May 2013

  UNRISD

• Developments in Solidarity Economy in Asia

  Denison Jayasooria, March 2013

• Waste and Development – Perspectives from the Ground

  Field Actions Science Report. Special issue 6 Reconcling Poverty eradication and Protecion of the environment

  Sonia María Dias, 2012

  Wiego

• The amazing power of cooperatives. Texts selected from the international call for paper proposals. Cooperatives Summit Quebec 2012

  Marie-Joëlle Brassard, Ernesto Molina, 2012

• The Indian CDM (Clean Development Mechanism). Subsidizing and Legitimizing Corporate Pollution

  An Overview of CDM in India with case Studies from various sectors

  Soumitra Ghosh, Subrat Kumar Sahu, November 2011

  NFFPFW, DISHA, NESPON

• A confluence of Fair Trade and organic agriculture in southern India

  Development in Practice Volume 21, Issue 2, 2011

  Makita Rie, 2011

• From where our food will come

  Sunita Narain, August 2010

  CSE

• Enough for everyone’s need. Reflections on a Non-violent Economy

  Papers of the International Conference Held in Bhopal

  Edited by Paul Schwartzentruber, 2010

• In search of economic alternatives for gender and social justice: Voices from India

  Christa WICHTERICH et all., 2010

• Resource Optimization Initiative (ROI). Activity Report 2010

  2010

  ROI

• File: An Economics for well-being

  Rajni Bakshi, September 2008

  CED

6 public contributions

• A need to strengthen partnerships and networks which can enhance the SSE Global Movement in a dynamic and impactful way

  ASEC OPEN SPACE ON SOCIAL INCLUSION AND SOCIAL PROTECTION, MAY 19, 2021

  Denison Jayasooria, May 2021

  ASEC

• Introduction to the Moderators, Speakers, and Social Media Team

  ASEC OPEN SPACE ON SOCIAL INCLUSION AND SOCIAL PROTECTION, MAY 19, 2021

  May 2021

  ASEC

• [ASEC SSE Academy] Youth Issues in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

  June 2020

  ASEC

• [ASEC SSE Academy] Jagran Jan Vikas Samiti Promoting Complementary Health Care Practices through SSE

  June 2020

  ASEC

• Introduction to the International Conference on Transformative Economy in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

  Denison Jayasooria, November 2019

  ASEC

• Programme of WORKSHOP 2: Grassroots empowering themselves to ensure no one is left behind: LESSONS FROM FOUR COUNTRIES

  Asia Pacific People forum for Sustainable Development (APPFSD) , March 24 to 26, 2019 Bangkok, ASEC: workshop « Grassroots communities empowering themselves »

  March 2019

  ASEC

6 articles

• OECD Global Action on Promoting SSE Ecosystems

  Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - May 2021

  May 2021

  RIPESS Europe

• Small-scale Farmers in Kerala Respond to COVID-19

  Fairworldproject.org

  April 2020

• GRASSROOTS EMPOWERING THEMSELVES TO ENSURE NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND

  Denison Jayasooria, March 2019

• When Indian women negotiate with local authorities to improve their lives in a slum

  Article de The Conversation, 22/03/2018

  Kanupriya Kothiwal, Shrey Goel, March 2018

• Waste picking is work

  Article from Political Critique July 5, 2016

  Marketa VINKELHOFEROVÁ, July 2016

  (Political Critique) Krytyka Polityczna

• Uralungal: India’s Oldest Worker Cooperative

  Article of the Wire, 03.07/2016

  Michelle Williams, July 2016

Web sites :

• Resource Optimization Initiative
• Navdanya
• Just Change India
• COMMACT - The Common Wealth Network for People-Centred Development
• Vikalp Sangam