How to do (and how not to do) fieldwork on Fair Trade and rural poverty

Canadian Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 170-185

  Cramer, Christopher ^a   Johnston, Deborah ^a   Mueller, Bernd ^a   Oya, Carlos ^a   Sender, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; agriculture; labour markets; methodology; poverty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; FIELDWORK; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; LABOR MARKET; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

ETHIOPIA; UGANDA;

EID: 84897548722     PISSN: 02255189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02255189.2014.873022     Document Type: Article

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