The fair trade scandal : marketing poverty to benefit the rich

The Resource The fair trade scandal : marketing poverty to benefit the rich

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The fair trade scandal : marketing poverty to benefit the rich

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marketing poverty to benefit the rich

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Ndongo Samba Sylla ; translated by David Clément Leye

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Summary

This critical account of the fair trade movement explores the vast gap between the rhetoric of fair trade and its practical results for poor countries, particularly those of Africa. In the Global North, fair trade often is described as a revolutionary tool for transforming the lives of millions across the globe. The growth in sales for fair trade products has been dramatic in recent years, but most of the benefit has accrued to the already wealthy merchandisers at the top of the value chain rather than to the poor producers at the bottom. Ndongo Sylla has worked for Fairtrade International a

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382/.3

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no index present

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HF1379

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.S9713 2014eb

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non fiction

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HF1379

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.S9713 2014

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