Network Growth Members The GABV membership has radically changed since its first annual report in 2014. During the last 10 years, the GABV has focused not only on growing its members base, but also on achieving a more geographically balanced composition of its membership. The regional distribution of GABV membership shifted in 2018 and through September 2019 with faster growth in Europe and Asia-Pacific. Together these regions account for 50.8% of GABV members. Intra-regional diversity increased both in terms of new members’ business models (e.g. local and national cooperatives) and countries of origin (India, Philippines, Japan, Honduras, Colombia and Russia, to name a few). During 2019, the GABV welcomed eight new members and associate members. The regional distribution of GABV membership in 2019 is presented in Figure 1.1, while Figure 1.2 shows regional membership since 2009.
(*) These numbers include associate members (1 in 2018 and 4 in 2019, 2 in Europe and 2 in Africa)
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GABV Annual Report 2019
