Microtrade and the Fair Trade Movement
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Prapanpong Khumon
The present paper aims to illustrate an alternative trading regulation currently assumed by The Fair Trade Movement and a newly established concept of Microtrade in curving global poverty. The fair trade movement reflects microtrade activities by asserting voluntary initiatives to create mutual benefits between customers from the North and producers from the South. It has established a form of microtrading networks between impoverished producers and Northern importers/retailers oversaw by FLO (The Fair Trade Organization). While claiming to have achieved a certain level of poverty reduction, debate arises whether such appraisal renders a real impact. Both positive and negative feedbacks of the fair trade movement will be explored as well as its future proposal which aligns with microtrade activities.
©2012 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Article
- Introduction
- International Microtrade Regime - Structure and Financing
- Virtual Bazaar: A Means of Supporting Microtrade in the Least Developed Countries
- Microtrade and the Fair Trade Movement
- Community-Based Microtrade in Support of Small-Scale Farmers in Thailand and Tanzania
- A Legal Cultural Analysis of Microtrade
- Microtrade and Public Procurement: Facilitating "Aid for Trade" through Government Purchasing
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Article
- Introduction
- International Microtrade Regime - Structure and Financing
- Virtual Bazaar: A Means of Supporting Microtrade in the Least Developed Countries
- Microtrade and the Fair Trade Movement
- Community-Based Microtrade in Support of Small-Scale Farmers in Thailand and Tanzania
- A Legal Cultural Analysis of Microtrade
- Microtrade and Public Procurement: Facilitating "Aid for Trade" through Government Purchasing
