| Resumen: |
SSE is a complementary pathway to tackling the ongoing growth of precarious
employment and acute decent work deficits connected with the informal economy.
Within an enabling policy and institutional environment, cooperatives and other
social enterprises can play a key role in realizing the goal of decent work. From
an aggregate point of view, cooperatives are among the largest employers in many
countries in both the global North and South. SSE organizations can facilitate
access to finance, inputs, technology, support services and markets, and enhance
the capacity of producers to negotiate better prices and income. They can reduce
power and information asymmetries within labour and product markets and enhance
the level and regularity of incomes. The low capital requirements needed for forming
certain types of cooperative can be beneficial for informal workers seeking to engage
in enterprise activities. |
