WEconomics: Italy







"Beautifully captures the power of cooperatives in a world in desperate need of hope--not pie in the sky but evidence-based hope." Frances Moore Lappé, Co-Founder, Small Planet Institute

The Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy has one of the highest concentrations of cooperative businesses in the developed world. The capital, Bologna is an industrial powerhouse, where prosperity is widely shared, and cooperatives of teachers and social workers play a key role in the provision of government services.