Fair Trade and How It Works

by Decarlo, Jacqueline

• ISBN13: 9781448818655
• ISBN10: 1448818656
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-15
• Publisher: Rosen Pub Group

Summary

Fair trade ensures that farmers and workers in the developing world get a fair price for their labor and products. It also promotes environmental sustainability, creates long-term trade relationships, and offers workers safe working conditions and opportunities for advancement. Readers will learn about the principles that guide fair trade, its concrete effects, and examples of fair trade practices and results drawn from real life. The future of fair trade is explored as well. Readers will learn about social responsibility, the global economy works, and the wide-ranging impact of international trade relationships.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. v
Illustrations, tables, and key boxes	p. vi
Fair Trade: why it's not just for coffee farmers anymore	p. 1
Fish don't know they are wet or how trading influences our lives	p. 9
Why is Fair Trade so popular?	p. 20
Fair Trade principles and practices	p. 38
Fair Trade histories	p. 57
Yes, but does it work?	p. 72
Ordinary people making Fair Trade extraordinary	p. 82
Will free trade ever be fair?	p. 91
The future of Fair Trade	p. 99
Daily life with Fair Trade	p. 112
References	p. 126
Glossary	p. 146
For more Information	p. 148
For further reading	p. 151
Index	p. 152
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