Assessment of the effect of fair trade on smallholder producers in Costa Rica: A comparative study in the coffee sector

The Impact of Fair Trade

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 117-135

  Sáenz Segura, Fernando ^a   Zúñiga Arias, Guillermo ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b EARTH University   (Costa Rica)

^c Inter American Development Bank (BID)   (Costa Rica)

^d La Catalina RL ^*  (Costa Rica)

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EID: 84859467583     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-647-2     Document Type: Chapter

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