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Social and Solidarity Economy in Morocco: Cooperatives’ Behavior and Growth

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  • Najat El Mekkaoui
  • Sara Loukili

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The social and solidarity economy has been promoted for its potential to reduce poverty, enhance economic inclusion, and provide alternative solutions to labor market issues, but very few empirical evaluations of its impact exist. We build an original qualitative and quantitative survey on the population of cooperatives in different sectors in Morocco with the aim of analyzing their economic models and relevance for job creation and economic inclusion. Much like commercial firms, we find that cooperatives grow and survive based on (i) internal factors pertaining to total factor productivity, (ii) management factors related to characteristics and management style of the president or manager, and (iii) external factors dependent upon the business or market environment.

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  • Najat El Mekkaoui & Sara Loukili, 2022. "Social and Solidarity Economy in Morocco: Cooperatives’ Behavior and Growth," Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik), Duncker & Humblot GmbH, Berlin, vol. 68(1), pages 37-51.
    • Handle: RePEc:dah:aeqaeq:v68_y2022_i1_q1_p37-51
    DOI: 10.3790/aeq.68.1.37
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    Keywords

    Social economics; cooperatives; social and solidarity economy (SSE); women’s inclusion and autonomy; Sustainable Development Goals;
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    JEL classification:

    • B55 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Social Economics
    • L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General
    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development

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