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Cooperative Commentary

Columns and feature essays by international-organisation experts, researchers and practitioners — from cooperatives and peace, development and governance, to the contemporary value of the cooperative economy.

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Hüseyin Polat

Former official, ILO Cooperatives Branch · Policy adviser, International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) · Honorary professor, Anhui University

Turkish cooperative economist; has led ILO cooperative-development projects in multiple countries since 1986. In 1990 he led the ILO project that established China's national cooperative education and training system, and contributed to drafting ILO Recommendation No. 193 concerning the Promotion of Cooperatives.

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Building Peace through Cooperatives: Lessons from Palestine and Türkiye

从奥斯陆进程中的 SHIFT 倡议，到土耳其的和平新进程——合作社何以成为持久和平的制度根基

特稿July 14, 2026