Fair Trade as a Community Development Initiative: Local and Global Implications

This paper examines fair trade as a community development initiative that challenges unjust global trading conditions. On a local level, fair trade aims to create a sustainable livelihood for farmers, to strengthen agricultural cooperatives, and to fund community-based projects. Fair trade also purp...

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Main Author: Charity Samantha Fitzgerald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Indiana University School of Social Work 2012-05-01
Series:Advances in Social Work
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Online Access:https://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/advancesinsocialwork/article/view/1938