Download or read book Traditional Organizations and Economic Development; Studies of Indigenous Cooperatives in Liberia written by Hans Dieter Seibel and published by New York : Praeger Publishers. This book was released on 1974 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph on the contribution of traditional forms of cooperative work to agricultural development in Africa, illustrated by case studies of indigenous cooperatives in Liberia - argues that traditional forms of voluntary organizations (incl. Rural cooperatives) are capable of modernization, thus improving their contribution to social change and economic development in both rural areas and urban areas. Bibliography pp. 262 and 263, map, references and statistical tables.