Welcome

Strengthening local economies
Searching for options towards fair economic development
The editors, David Millar

Discussing cross-cultural images and local economies
Helena Norberg-Hodge

Local currency systems strengthen local economies
STROHALM and Coen Reijntjes

Indicators for measuring poverty in indigenous Andean communities
Juan Carlos Mariscal, Freddy Delgado and Rodrigo Pérez

Community food sovereignty
Local food and seed systems can pave the way
P.V. Satheesh

Improving livelihood through art
Interview with Melanie Kasise

Sirigu Women Organization of Pottery and Art

Environmental co-operatives: a farming strategy with potential
Sabine de Rooij

Strengthening tribal economies through endogenous development
K.J.N Gowtham Shankar

Solidarity Economy
A proposal for sustainable endogenous development
Carmen Soto and Celine Geffroy

Between the traditional and the capitalist modes of farming
Joost Dessein

Towards local autonomy and sustainability in Mexico
David Barkin

Compas Partner News

Book reviews

Addresses partners in the Compas programme

Building on the strengths of local practices