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This paper aims to highlight the role of solidarity funds in the development and support of national co-operative movements. Those are financial institutions specialized in supporting the start-up and growth of co-operatives. By adopting a case study approach, our analysis shows that solidarity funds emerged globally with similar objectives. Our international comparison focuses on Italy but includes France, the United Kingdom and Québec as a specific Canadian province with a French institutional environment. Despite their crucial importance, there is limited available research on this subject. To this end, our paper has policy implications; we need to consider establishing such institutions in countries where co-operatives are lagging behind as traditional financial institutions are often unable to finance co-operatives because of their property rights regime.

Sustainable but Not Spontaneous: Co-Operatives and the Solidarity Funds in Italy This paper aims to highlight the role of solidarity funds in the development and support of national co-operative movements. Those are financial institutions specialized in supporting the start-up and growth of co-operatives. By adopting a case study approach, our analysis shows that solidarity fund...

Mazzanti, M.; Mazzarano, M.; Pronti, A.; Quatrosi, M. 2020. Fiscal policies, public investments and wellbeing: mapping the evolution of the EU, Insights into Regional Development 2(4): 725-749. https://doi.org/10.9770/IRD.2020.2.4(1)

Le Disuguaglianze digitali nella città metropolitana di Roma al tempo del Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic amplified our dependence on the internet and, consequently, also the digital divide between those who were able in the recent months to easily organize their online activities (smart working or distance learning), those who have done this with difficulty, and those that were excluded because of the lack of digital skills, digital devices or an adequate internet connection. This paper focuses on the capacity of the internet connection in the metropolitan city of Rome, with a detailed look at each of its municipalities and neighborhoods.

Le Disuguaglianze digitali nella città metropolitana di Roma al tempo del Covid-19 The Covid-19 pandemic amplified our dependence on the internet and, consequently, also the digital divide between those who were able in the recent months to easily organize their online activities (smart working or distance learning), those who have done this with difficulty, and those that were ex...

🔴 È uscita la nostra prima intervista!
Qualche settimana fa siamo stati intervistati da Smart Italia.

Insieme abbiamo parlato di:
📌 come sia nata l'idea del libro
📌 degli obiettivi del volume
📌 come la pandemia abbia avuto un impatto sul libro
📌 come abbiamo scelto le sei esperienze di start-up cooperative
📌 come le cooperative possano avere un impatto nella società del futuro!

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Insights into Regional Development, Volume 2 Number 2 June 2020 https://jssidoi.org/ird/issue/6

Reddito di cittadinanza: a Tor Bella Monaca 9 volte le domande dei Parioli Lo studio di sulla distribuzione delle domande di reddito di cittadinanza nella Capitale, la maggior incidenza tra case popolari e borgate ex abusive: “E’ enclave della disuguaglianza”