Future Proofing Entrepreneurship in the Arab World

This conceptual article proposes a cooperative entrepreneurship framework with a producer cooperative enterprise start-up model to contribute to addressing the complex consequences of the social, political and economic challenges affecting the Arab world. The article argues that the adoption of a producer cooperative enterprise start-up model will contribute to future proo fi ng entrepreneurship in the Arab world, and avoid a return to a preference for public sector employment that will sti fl e the sustainable social and economic development of the region. As such, the article contributes to bridging the gap in the literature on entrepreneurship start up support initiatives and models in the Arab world, and offers relevant considerations for cooperative entrepreneurship for social and economic development throughout the Global South.