Fair trade / Ariana Agrios, book editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Fair trade is intended to help producers in developing countries achieve better working and trading conditions while maintaining certain environmental standards, which is achieved through arrangements with distributors around the world. With the influx of fair trade goods on grocery store shelves and restaurant menus, one would assume an overall positive trend in trade conditions is occurring. However, numerous concerns continue to surround fair trade, such as whether it benefits all developing countries and markets equally, the extent to which it is effective at protecting the environment, and what conditions would make trade as fair as possible"-- Provided by publisher.

Does fair trade support local workers and economies? Overview: Fair trade and worker exploitation / Anca Voinea -- The benefits of fair trade from the consumer perspective / Sporcle Inc. -- Fair trade benefits for the producer : ensuring food security / Bob Doherty -- Price premiums and new opportunities benefit fair trade producers and workers / Matthias Schmelzer -- Fair trade improves the lives of the impoverished / Elen Jones -- How fair trade maintains poverty / Andrew Chambers -- Free trade, not fair trade / Gene Callahan -- Fair trade is incompatible with the rules of economics and fails producers / Ndongo Samba Sylla -- Rece