Tag: Fairtrade Foundation
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“Buying ‘Fair trade’ coffee is not really helping the very poor”
Economist: Not so fair trade BUYING ‘Fairtrade’ coffee is not really helping the very poor, new research suggests. By comparing living standards in Fairtrade-certified producing areas in Ethiopia and Uganda with similar non-Fairtrade regions, four development economists from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London found that Fair Trade agricultural workers often…