Indebted to Fair Trade? Coffee and crisis in Nicaragua

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-92

  Wilson, Bradley R ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coffee; Crisis; Fair Trade; Indebtedness; Nicaragua; Peasants

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; DEBT CRISIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE FLOW; TRADE ORGANIZATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 70749152794     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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