Milford Bateman is a freelance consultant on local economic development and in that position he has worked for international development agencies and NGOs. Bateman is a Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Juraj Dobrila at Pula, Croatia. He is author of the book ‘Why Doesn’t Microfinance Work? The Destructive Rise of Local Neoliberalism’ (2010).
South American countries are experimenting with the social and solidarity economy (SSE) model. It’s time for the West to learn from them, argues Milford Bateman.
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