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022 _a1522-3191;
050 _aAC1.S5
082 _a050
100 _aLoo, Rory Van,
245 0 _aHow Rich Consumers Are Aiding Poor Nations.
_cRory Van Loo.
260 _bWorld & I,
_c2004.
440 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
_nArticle 15,
_pBusiness,
_x1522-3191;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
500 _aOriginally Published: How Rich Consumers Are Aiding Poor Nations, May 2004; pp. 52-57.
520 _a"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."
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 _aCommunity development
650 _aConsumers
651 _aDeveloping countries
_xEconomic conditions
650 _aFair trade movement
650 _aGrassroots support organizations
650 _aInternational trade
650 _aNorth and South
650 _aPrice maintenance
710 _aProQuest Information and Learning Company
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2005,
_pBusiness.
_x1522-3191;
942 _c UKN
999 _c35974
_d35974