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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Fair trade"”.
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Cultural Implications of Fair Trade: Aligning Intent with Impact
The modern fair trade movement and resulting network emerged during the twentieth century as a strategy to alleviate extreme poverty through creating equitable trading initiatives and markets. Since its emergence, fair trade has grown tremendously to include initiatives across the globe, …
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Fair trade and development goals in the coffee sector
<p>Although fair trade is a step in the right direction, this thesis argues that some of its claims and approaches may be problematic with respect to development goals. As one of the world’s most highly traded commodities and an income source for tens of millions of people worldwide, coffee has …
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Free Trade is Not Free: A Case for Fair Trade
<p>To this day, mainstream economists favor free trade policies as the best way to generate economic development. They do so at the expense of their unjustified romanticization of reductionist classical trade theories. This thesis seeks to comprehend the constraints of traditional trade theories …
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Fair Trade in the fields : outcomes for Peruvian coffee products
… producer association that has gained access to Fair Trade and organic markets, do receive higher prices than they would by selling to local traders. However, many members consider exporting higher-quality coffee through their association (not Fair Trade) to be the reason they receive better …
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Growing pains: scale and mission in the fair trade textile sector
… recent incorporation of factory production into fair trade textile production via a new fair trade certification program called the Apparel and Linens Program, launched by FairTrade USA. I argue that this expansion in the scale of production results in a dilution of fair trade’s commitment to …
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Insights to the Consequences of Fair Trade from an All-Female Coffee Cooperative
… scientists, international aid organizations, and fair trade organizations have conducted extensive research concerning the experiences of fair trade producers. However, there is relatively little research available regarding producers’ experiences in all-female, fair trade cooperatives. This …
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The British Fair Trade Movement, 1960 - 2000: a new form of global citizenship?
… thesis is concerned with the development of a Fair Trade social movement in Britain between 1960 – 2000. It situates the analysis of Fair Trade within the context of historical debates about political consumption. It examines the role of the ethical consumer as a political activist and …
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The Impact of Adapting Fair Trade on Organisational Performance in Sialkot Sports Balls Industry, Pakistan
… to an understanding of how the adaptation of fair trade impacts the organisational performance in the Sialkot sports balls industry. Presently, minimal research is available investigating the fair trade practices in Sialkot and the impacts of such practices, and overall organisational …
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Gender equity and health within Fair Trade certified coffee cooperatives in Nicaragua : tensions and challenges
Although Fair Trade provides better trading mechanisms and a set of well-documented tangible benefits for small-scale coffee producers in the Global South, large inequities persist within Fair Trade certified cooperatives. In particular, gender equity and women’s empowerment are considered to be …
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THE MEANING OF MARKETS: HOW THE DOMESTIC FAIR TRADE ASSOCIATION UNDERSTANDS CREATING SOCIAL CHANGE USING MARKET INITIATIVES
… the failures and potentials of international fair trade and organic initiatives, members of the nascent Domestic Fair Trade Association (DFTA) seek to insert social justice into the North American food system using a market-based initiative mediated by independent that conform to stringent …
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THE MEANING OF MARKETS: HOW THE DOMESTIC FAIR TRADE ASSOCIATION UNDERSTANDS CREATING SOCIAL CHANGE USING MARKET INITIATIVES
… the failures and potentials of international fair trade and organic initiatives, members of the nascent Domestic Fair Trade Association (DFTA) seek to insert social justice into the North American food system using a market-based initiative mediated by independent that conform to stringent …
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Comércio internacional justo: um modelo econômico alternativo - estrutura, dificuldades e impactos
This paper deals with the International Fair Trade, alternative economic model whose origin dates back to the 1950s with the marketing of handicrafts by Christian NGOs from Europe and North America. This type of trade main objective is to establish different economic relations between the actors …
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Comércio internacional justo: um modelo econômico alternativo: estrutura, dificuldades e impactos
This paper deals with the International Fair Trade, alternative economic model whose origin dates back to the 1950s with the marketing of handicrafts by Christian NGOs from Europe and North America. This type of trade main objective is to establish different economic relations between the actors …
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Social Capital and the U.S. Coffee Consumer
What consciousness (awareness) do Northern Fair Trade coffee consumers have of Southern coffee producers and how do networks and social capital among consumers and Fair Trade promoters shape this consciousness? This study sought to answer these questions, based on a data analysis of semi-structured …
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Sustainable Agri-Food Supply Chains: Consumer Demand and Company Sourcing Practices
… examining the actual market demand for certified Fair Trade and organic coffee based on consumer purchases at grocery stores across the US. Both studies use discrete choice models with random coefficients to characterize consumer demand in terms of consumers’ willingness-to-pay, price sensitivity, …
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Safeguard dilemmas: The need for practical special and differential treatment for developing countries
… are among the most controversial of all trade remedies, due to the fact that they are contrary to the general principles of international fair trade as articulated in the various ageements governing the relationship between Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Thus, deeloping …
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