'Better, but not great': The social and environmental benefits and limitations of Fair Trade for indigenous coffee producers in Oaxaca, Mexico

The Impact of Fair Trade

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 195-219

  Jaffee, Daniel ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84899189910     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-647-2     Document Type: Chapter

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