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The Fair trade scandal [electronic resource] : marketing poverty to benefit the rich / Ndongo Samba Sylla ; translated by David Clement Leye.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Pluto Press, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (192 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780745334257 (hardback)
  • 9780745334240 (paperback)
  • 9781783710133 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 382.3 SYL 22
LOC classification:
  • HF1379 .S95 2014eb
Online resources: Summary: This book takes aim at the Fair Trade consumer movement which many assume to be entirely benign. Through a razor-sharp analysis based on insider knowledge, the author shows that there is a big gap between the rhetoric of Fair Trade and its practical results.She shows empirically that Fair Trade excludes those who need it the most and that its benefits are essentially captured by the wealthiest groups in the supply chain. Based on his experience of working for Fairtrade International, she shows the flaws in the Fair Trade system which compromise its ethical mission.
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Book Book Calcutta 382.3 SYL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available IIMC-E924
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"First published 2013 by Harmattan Senegal as Le Scandale commerce equitable : le marketing de la pauvrete au service des riches"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book takes aim at the Fair Trade consumer movement which many assume to be entirely benign. Through a razor-sharp analysis based on insider knowledge, the author shows that there is a big gap between the rhetoric of Fair Trade and its practical results.She shows empirically that Fair Trade excludes those who need it the most and that its benefits are essentially captured by the wealthiest groups in the supply chain. Based on his experience of working for Fairtrade International, she shows the flaws in the Fair Trade system which compromise its ethical mission.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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