Measuring the impact of fair trade on development

Development in Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 777-788

  Ruben, Ruerd ^a   Fort, Ricardo ^b   Zúñiga Arias, Guillermo ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Group for the Analysis of Development Lima   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Aid; Labour and Livelihoods; Latin America and the Caribbean; Methods

Indexed keywords

AID; BARGAINING; CREDIT PROVISION; EMPLOYMENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; TRADE; WELFARE IMPACT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; LATIN AMERICA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70449453463     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614520903027049     Document Type: Article

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