Empowering communities with platform cooperatives. A catalyst for local development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris
OECD Publishing - Paris
2023
44 p.
social economy ; nonprofit organization ; local economic development ; cooperative ; digitalisation
OECD Local Economic and Employment Development Working Papers
2023/14
Cooperatives
https://doi.org/10.1787/c2ddfc9f-en
English
Bibliogr.
"This policy paper explores the contribution of platform cooperatives to local development as an alternative model to conventional digital platforms. It considers their role in reducing potential negative effects of the digital transition on local communities and places, as well as the new opportunities they present to provide greater quality of life for local residents. The paper introduces the main features of platform cooperatives, explores their contributions to local development and identifies the challenges to their emergence and expansion. It then provides policy orientations that could support the development of platform cooperatives and enhance their contributions to local development.
This paper was produced as part of the OECD Global Action on Promoting Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystems, funded by the European Union's Foreign Partnership Instrument."
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