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DEVELOPMENT THROUGH FAIR TRADE: CANDOUR OR DECEPTION?
Author(s) -
Stoddart Paul
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2010.02067.x
Subject(s) - deception , fair trade , disadvantaged , economics , law and economics , international trade , political science , law , economic growth
Proponents of development through Fair Trade allege the movement can seek out the most disadvantaged in ways an impersonal market cannot. While in theory Fair Trade could provide these qualities in a market‐based framework, the evidence herein shows the current Fair Trade movement is failing when measured against these objectives.