[This query will, I hope, be seen as sufficiently relevant to the way we think about the future of work as not to be considered an imposition. Any comments from FWers are always welcome.] I'm looking for information about fiscal, financial and accounting frameworks based on a "co-investing" approach to economic planning and development, including especially education. I would appreciate being pointed to information ranging from theoretical discussions to examples of places where such frameworks are in active use. In frameworks embodying a co-investing approach the parties are conceived as "working together" toward a common goal rather than engaging in "transactions" between each other such as occur in trade (purchasing/selling), in credit (lending/borrowing) or in philanthropy and the gifts economy (giving/receiving). Co-investing takes place in all sectors as well as in families and communities. In the co-investing approach the returns are seen as tending to be so deeply embedded in the development process itself that it is inappropriate to view them as extractable and re-applicable as is done in the transactions approach. (The returns may nonetheless be measurable.) In short, where the transactions approach conceives embedded returns as an exceptional case, in the co-investment approach the spin-off of investment returns into transactions (rather than their sustained investment in further development) is the exception. The two different approaches offer different perspectives from which to view specific projects or social processes. I am currently searching for information about fiscal, financial and accounting frameworks that have been developed to reflect, support, track and evaluate a co-investing approach. My purposes are both personal and public. I manage a small fund that includes co-investing projects and would like to foster their replication, and am also exploring whether fiscal, financial and accounting frameworks embodying a co-investing approach might better serve certain public sector projects that are currently framed on a transactional approach. Any responses will be very much appreciated and promptly acknowledged. I will report back with my findings to anyone expressing an interest. Thank you. Gail Stewart E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gail Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
