Narodziny i rozwój unii kredytowych na świecie

• Authors: Eugeniusz Gostomski

Title variants

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THE BIRTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CREDIT UNIONS IN THE WORLD

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article is devoted to the history of credit unions. The Author describes roots and the moment of birth of the movement. Subsequently he documents the development of credit unions, from the first union established by Alphonse Desjardins, where clients were served in founder’s house one evening a week, to present time, when credit unions’ movement is worldwide, includes 97 countries on all continents, 53,7 thousand credit unions, 185,8 million members and 1194 milliard USD assets.

Keywords

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credit unions; cooperative; self-help; World Council of Credit Unions

• Publisher: Spółdzielczy Instytut Naukowy G. Bierecki sp.j.
• Journal: Pieniądze i Więź
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 4(53)
• Pages: 7-16

Contributors

author

Eugeniusz Gostomski

• Uniwersytet Gdanski, Wydzial Ekonomiczny, Instytut Handlu Zagranicznego, ul. Armii Krajowej 119/121, 81-826 Sopot, Poland