How Rich Consumers Are Aiding Poor Nations. Rory Van Loo.
by Loo, Rory Van; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 15Business. Publisher: World & I, 2004ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Community development | Consumers | Developing countries -- Economic conditions | Fair trade movement | Grassroots support organizations | International trade | North and South | Price maintenanceDDC classification: 050 Summary: "A new 'people to people' form of international aid, which encourages grassroots free enterprise, hard work, middle-class expansion, and community building, is beginning to take hold in the world arena." (WORLD & I) This article discusses the 'fair trade' certification system, which allows rich consumers to improve "living conditions in the Third World" by purchasing products "from farmers in the developing world at an above-average price and in accordance with specific criteria set forth by Fairtrade Labeling Organizations International (FLO), a nongovernmental organization."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: How Rich Consumers Are Aiding Poor Nations, May 2004; pp. 52-57.
"A new 'people to people' form of international aid, which encourages grassroots free enterprise, hard work, middle-class expansion, and community building, is beginning to take hold in the world arena." (WORLD & I) This article discusses the 'fair trade' certification system, which allows rich consumers to improve "living conditions in the Third World" by purchasing products "from farmers in the developing world at an above-average price and in accordance with specific criteria set forth by Fairtrade Labeling Organizations International (FLO), a nongovernmental organization."
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