Problem
Thwarted cooperative success
Other Names:
Unexplored cooperative potentialUnrecognized benefits from cooperatives
Unestablished cooperative union
Incidence:
In most of the Western countries the once powerful consumers' cooperative movement is in serious decline. Cooperatives have fulfilled their social purpose since today consumer interests are well protected by legal standards and regulations, and their ideals are forgotten since members have simply become shoppers. The decline was inevitable, because the committee system of management did not adjust to the revolution of retailing. Broader Problems:
Frustrated past goalsThwarted community enthusiasmDeteriorating rural community cooperationInadequate development of enterprises in developing countries Narrower Problems:
Lack of collective housing schemesFragmented agricultural developmentProhibitive cost of cooperative start-upObsolete agricultural cooperative structures Subject(s):
Development → PotentialValue Redistribution → Cooperative
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST