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Cousin-Gossett, Nicole.

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The sustainability of the North American Fair Trade market.

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	The sustainability of the North American Fair Trade market./
作者:	Cousin-Gossett, Nicole.
面頁冊數:	138 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-11, Section: A, page: .
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International71-11A.
標題:	Economics, Commerce-Business. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3423200
ISBN:	9781124239040

The sustainability of the North American Fair Trade market.
Cousin-Gossett, Nicole.

The sustainability of the North American Fair Trade market. - 138 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-11, Section: A, page: .

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Temple University, 2010.

Extreme poverty remains a persistent problem across the globe. Academics, practitioners, politicians and activists have sought ways to address this persistent problem. Traditional approaches to dealing with endemic poverty have centered around international aid and trade. The band aid approach of using aid alone to alleviate poverty has, at best, been ineffectual. International trade has also often been used as a means to increase the economic standing of an impoverished country. Trade has the potential to increase a country's economic position (e.g., gross domestic product) however it does not necessarily reduce poverty. It has become apparent that more effect means of reducing poverty are needed. In recent years, several bottom-up alternative approaches have emerged. Fair Trade is one such approach that seeks to balance the inequalities of traditional trade and provide a market where those on the bottom can participate more fully and fairly in economic enterprise.

ISBN: 9781124239040Subjects--Topical Terms:

626649
Economics, Commerce-Business.

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520 $a This study investigates the state of the alternative form of trade known as Fair Trade. Specifically, this study examines the development, functioning, and sustainability of the North American Fair Trade market. Realistically speaking, Fair Trade, which accounts for only a very small percentage of global trade, currently does not appear to be a replacement for traditional free trade. However, this study investigates if the Fair Trade market has the potential to become an important component of general efforts (e.g., by the United Nations and World Bank) to raise the living standards of the world's poor and function as an alternative market to the traditional free trade market. Two key areas of the market were examined in this study to ascertain the sustainability of the Fair Trade market.
520 $a Specifically, the financial sustainability of the Fair Trade market was assessed. Quantitative data on sales and growth of Fair Trade goods over the past several decades was compiled to illustrate the relative significance and the future prospects of this market's financial status. These data were supplemented with an analysis of the financial records of available years of operation from a sample of Fair Trade businesses.
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520 $a In order to investigate these issues, the financial and organizational data of several Fair Trade organizations in North America were evaluated. A sample of Fair Trade businesses were surveyed and owner/operators were interviewed to determine the efficacy of the Fair Trade model. These data were compared to similar traditional market, especially other "new" markets such as the organics, collectibles, and eBay markets.
520 $a Results suggest that financially the North American Fair Trade market is growing at or above the pace of comparable non-Fair Trade businesses. Further, this study finds a largely self-sustaining organizational structure of the North American Fair Trade market.
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