Dr. Hossein’s Work Proving Integral to Creating Context and a Voice
Dr. Caroline Hossein and her ROSCA research have been cited in Nonprofit Quarterly - a publication providing research-based articles and resources on the nonprofit sector and social justice.
Omar Freilla, a longtime coop activist, speaks to his ongoing observations of how informal coops like ROSCAs have been excluded at international forums, including this year’s Global Social and Solidarity Economy Forum (GSEF), in Bordeaux, France.
Throughout the forum, there was a noticeable pervasive bias against the so-called informal economy, including cooperatives operating without state recognition. Despite their complex structures and impacts on the lives of millions of people across Africa, Asia, and the Americas, these “informal” cooperatives—rooted in mutual aid—were often treated as “transitional” rather than legitimate.
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