Empowering communities with platform cooperatives: A catalyst for local development

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No 2023/14, OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: cooperative; local development; non-profit; social and solidarity economy; social economy; social enterprise; social entrepreneurship; social innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L31 L33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-09-28
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ent, nep-hme, nep-ind, nep-pay, nep-sbm and nep-ure
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