Fair trade: an opportunity or a threat for the development of the south? Cover Image

Fair trade: szansa czy zagrożenie dla rozwoju krajów południa?
Fair trade: an opportunity or a threat for the development of the south?

Author(s): Małgorzata Grącik-Zajaczkowski
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: fair trade; development; price floor; social premium; niche market

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the concept of fair trade as an alternative model of development for the countries of the South. This approach, however, raises many questions and concerns, which means that the promoted model does not fulfill its objectives, and may even cause harmful effects. The article aims to answer the question posed in the title: does fair trade provide an opportunity for the development of the South, and thus contribute to reducing poverty and improvement of living conditions of marginalized producers or does not it meet up hopes put in it?

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 315 vol 1
  • Page Range: 267-276
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish