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9.2 Weaknesses/Constraints :
· Lack of professional management
· Lack of resources and disproportionate allocation of resources.
· Wide disparities exist between primary, **secondary and tertiary levels of cooperatives**.

The primaries at grassroots remain small and weak structures while their secondaryfederations are better off and the tertiaries at apex level are the strongest.
http://www.ifap.org/en/publications/documents/MicrosoftWord-...

Feasibility study of all group projects is done before the groups are considered for study group or pre cooperative status.

There are three levels of Cooperatives:

* Primary cooperatives
* Secondary cooperatives
* Tertiary cooperatives
http://www.dominica.gov.dm/cms/index.php?q=node/100

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