Fair Trade Scandal - Marketing Poverty to Benefit the Rich

The Fair Trade Scandal takes aim at the Fair Trade consumer movement which many assume to be entirely benign. Through a razor-sharp analysis based on insider knowledge, Ndongo Sylla shows that there is a big gap between the rhetoric of Fair Trade and its practical results.

Sylla shows empirically that Fair Trade excludes those who need it the most and that its benefits are essentially captured by the wealthiest groups in the supply chain. Based on his experience of working for Fairtrade International, Sylla shows the flaws in the Fair Trade system which compromise its ethical mission.

The Fair Trade Scandal is both a provocative and deeply informative exploration of the Fair Trade phenomenon, suitable for specialists and non-specialists alike.

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About the author

Ndongo Samba Sylla is a Senegalese development economist. He has previously worked as a technical advisor at the Presidency of the Republic of Senegal, and is Programme manager at the West Africa office of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. He is the co-author of Africa’s Last Colonial Currency: The CFA Franc Story and author of The Fair Trade Scandal.

Summary

A provocative and deeply informative exploration of the Fair Trade phenomenon, suitable for specialists and non-specialists alike.

Product details

• Authors: Ndonga Samba Sylla, Ndongo Sylla, Ndongo Samba Sylla, Sylla Ndongo Samba
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.01.2014
• EAN: 9780745334240
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3424-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 218 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, Poverty & unemployment, Developing Countries, International Trade, Poverty and precarity, International trade and commerce, Global South / Developing countries