[p2p-research] [OK] Re: [VBbuilders] Why and how work together?

[Michel Bauwens]

Hi Ryan,

the coop employment figures are from a ILO report 2-3 years ago, Julen in cc
is a coop expert and should know more about it,

different countries have coop support structures, especially in anglosaxon
countries,

however, in the 80-90's many of them got de-mutualized, de-cooperatized, but
the pendulum has swung back

but still, as you also indicate, they have a much harder time finding
support, for example, classic banks often won't lend money to coops,

I think microfinance is largely 'too new' (relatively speaking) to have a
strong relationship with coops, I'm not aware of much synergy between them,
but I'm not at all an expert on coop trends,

Michel

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:13 AM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> there are many structural problems against the success of coops, which
>> means they have to develop their own ecology against initial resistance of
>> the system ... nevertheless, after a long period of stagnation and
>> neoliberalisation of the coop movement, steam is again picking up, including
>> in thailand,
>>
>> ryan, see the article on agriculture that I put in the blog 2 days ago,
>> it's very interesting, and indicative of what is happening,
>>
>> coops are already the largest employer in the world, beyond the number of
>> all multinationals put together,
>>
>> Michel
>>
>>
> I do not doubt your accuracy, but it begs more questions from me that I
> hope you will blog to or mention here:
>
> 1. Where is the "how-to" industry of co-ops?  Where do I find how to do it
> in a range of settings?
> 2. Why does your last point seem so surprising?  If this is known, why do
> orgs like civil society and even UN type entities fail to promote co-ops?
> 3. Why has there been such little synergy between co-ops and
> microfinance? -- microfinance is shrinking right now...people can't pay the
> loans.  Co-ops would reduce risks.
>
> Ryan
>
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