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Brewing justice : fair trade coffee, sustainability, and survival
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ISBN: 9780520249585 9780520249592 0520249585 0520249593 Year: 2007 Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press,

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Fair trade has emerged as a fast-growing alternative market intended to bring better prices and greater social justice to small farmers around the world. But is it working? This vivid and detailed study of coffee farmers in Mexico offers the first thorough investigation of the social, economic, and environmental benefits of fair trade. Based on extensive research in Zapotec indigenous communities in the state of Oaxaca, 'Brewing Justice' follows the members of the cooperative Michiza, whose organic coffee is sold on the international fair trade market. It compares these families to conventional farming families in the same region, who depend on local middlemen and are vulnerable to the fluctuations of the world coffee market. Written in a clear and accessible style, the book carries readers into the lives of these coffee producer households and their communities, offering a nuanced analysis of the effects of fair trade on everyday life. 'Brewing Justice 'also paints a clear picture of the complex dynamics of the fair trade market and its relationship to larger global markets. Drawing on interviews with dozens of fair trade leaders, the book explores the changing politics of the international fair trade movement and provides recommendations for strengthening fair trade.


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Exports and economic growth of developing countries. A theoretical and empirical study of the relationships between exports and economic growth, with illustrative projections for 1975 for the main overseas Sterling countries
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ISBN: 0521069599 9780521069595 Year: 1968 Volume: 25 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University press


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Brewing justice : fair trade coffee, sustainability, and survival
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ISBN: 0520282248 1322058784 0520957881 9780520957886 9781322058788 9780520282247 Year: 2014 Publisher: Berkeley, California : University of California Press,

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Fair trade is a fast-growing alternative market intended to bring better prices and greater social justice to small farmers around the world. But what does a fair-trade label signify? This vivid study of coffee farmers in Mexico offers the first thorough investigation of the social, economic, and environmental benefits of fair trade. Based on extensive research in Zapotec indigenous communities in Oaxaca, Brewing Justice follows the members of the cooperative Michiza, whose organic coffee is sold on the international fair-trade market, and compares them to conventional farming families in the same region. The book carries readers into the lives of coffee-producer households and communities, offering a nuanced analysis of fair trade's effects on everyday life and the limits of its impact. Brewing Justice paints a clear picture of the dynamics of the fair-trade market and its relationship to the global economy. Drawing on interviews with dozens of fair-trade leaders, the book also explores the movement's fraught politics, especially the challenges posed by rapid growth and the increased role of transnational corporations. It concludes with recommendations to strengthen and protect the integrity of fair trade. This updated edition includes a substantial new chapter that assesses recent developments in both coffee-growing communities and movement politics, offering a guide to navigating the shifting landscape of fair-trade consumption.


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Eurostat. EC commodities imports from the developing countries 1976-1987
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ISBN: 928261624X 9789282616246 Year: 1990 Publisher: Luxembourg: Office for official publications of the European Communities,


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Will the Doha Round Lead to Preference Erosion?
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ISBN: 1451862709 1462368999 1451908067 9786613823649 1452750157 128344979X Year: 2006 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund,

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This paper assesses the effects of reducing tariffs under the Doha Round on market access for developing countries. It shows that for many developing countries, actual preferential access is less generous than it appears because of low product coverage or complex rules of origin. Thus lowering tariffs under the multilateral system is likely to lead to a net increase in market access for many developing countries, with gains in market access offsetting losses from preference erosion. Furthermore, comparing various tariff-cutting proposals, the research shows that the largest gains in market access are generated by higher tariff cuts in agriculture.


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Export assistance : the way back and forward : an empirical investigation into developing country 'born globals'
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ISBN: 1461412951 9786613353825 1283353822 146141296X Year: 2012 Publisher: New York : Springer,

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“Born global” (BG) firms have attracted many researchers throughout the last decade. The emergence of this phenomenon initially posed a serious challenge to the validity and applicability of the traditional “stage” theory of internationalization; however, scholars have more recently been able to reconcile traditional and new theories into a single framework for studying the process of internationalization.  This volume applies both network theory and knowledge-based theory to analyze export assistance in the context of internationalization of low-tech BG firms in developing countries (with an in-depth study of the apparel industry in Bangladesh).    The findings that non-governmental network partners provide more useful advice than government agencies is one that may resonate through other countries, including developed economies.  Government’s more useful role is confined to the financial support and incentives that are provided to such firms.  It is, however, the commitment to exporting that emerges as critical for performance, more so than export strategy, suggesting that enhanced export performance is to attract, reassure and motivate entrepreneurs in ways that strengthen their commitment to international expansion. .

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