Author(s): Ruben, R. [Editor]

Publisher address: PO Box 220, NL-6700 AE Wageningen, Netherlands; Wageningen Academic Publishers. Tel. +31 317 47 65 14. Fax +31 317 45 34 17. E-mail sales@WageningenAcademic.com. www.WageningenAcademic.com. Price EUR 40.00, USD 60.00

Publication Year: 2008

Language(s): English

ISBN: 9789086860838

This book discusses the welfare impact of Fair Trade, with special reference to income, consumption, wealth, environment, empowerment and gender. It comprises the following chapters: The development impact of Fair Trade – from discourse to data; The impact of Fair Trade on banana producers in Northern Peru; The impact of Fair Trade certification on coffee producers in Peru; The impact of Fair Trade in banana production of Costa Rica; Assessment of the effect of Fair Trade on smallholder producers in Costa Rica – a comparative study in the coffee sector; The impact of Fair Trade in banana plantations in Ghana – income, ownership and livelihoods of banana workers; Fair Trade impact of banana production in El Guabo Association, Ecuador – a production functional analysis; The effects of Fair Trade on affiliated producers – case studies from Kenya and Peru; "Better, but not great" – the social and environmental benefits and limitations of Fair Trade for indigenous coffee producers in Oaxaca, Mexico; Looking beyond the cooperative – Fair Trade and the income distribution; Is there a moral case for Fair Trade products? On the moral duty for consumers to buy and for governments to support Fair Trade products.

Section: Economics

Keywords: BOOKS; FAIR TRADE; TRADE

Pages: 256pp.

Book

Accession number: 2010-01-Dc0056

Date added: 26-Oct-2009

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