Does fair trade make a difference? The case of small coffee producers in Nicaragua

Development in Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 584-599

  Utting Chamorro, Karla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COFFEE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21844458965     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614520500075706     Document Type: Article

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