Table of Contents

1. Introduction: the impact of Fairtrade Valerie Jane Nelson 2. Exploring issues of rigour and utility in Fairtrade impact assessment Valerie Jane Nelson and Adrienne Martin 3. Why 'place' matters in the development and impacts of Fairtrade production Cheryl Mcewan, Alex Hughes, David Bek and Zaitun Rosenberg 4. Partnerships in Fairtrade coffee: a close-up look at how buyers and NGOs build supply capacity in Nicaragua Jason Donovan and Nigel Poole 5. Enhancing Fairtrade for women workers on plantations: insights from Kenyan agriculture Muhaimina Said-Allsopp and Anne Tallontire 6. Access to the Fairtrade system: the geography of certification for social justice Alastair M. Smith 7. Fairtrade, sustainability standards, and the informal economy: What role for hired labourers? 8. Fairtrade, fair-trade, fair trade and ethical trade: reflections of a practitioner Adam Brett 9. Debate: 'Does Fairtrade have more impact than conventional trade or trade certified by other sustainability standards?' Matthew Anderson, Philip Booth and Sushil Mohan Index

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'This book is a welcome addition to the growing empirical literature on the real impact of Fairtrade on rural producers, traders and farm workers in different agro-food sectors. Valerie Nelson did a remarkable job in bringing together perspectives on social justice, gender empowerment, environment and civic organization that enable a balanced appraisal of the ongioing efforts towards the renewal of Fairtrade.' Professor Ruerd Ruben, Coordinator Food Security, Value Chains & Impact Analysis Agricultural Economics Institute (LEI) Wageningen University and Research Centre 'This book avoids the elusive quest for attribution of impact to an inexistent generic 'fair trade'. It argues instead for a balance between rigour and usefulness in impact studies, showing the way forward with resource-full and instructive country case-studies about context-specific impact processes.' Dr. Johan Bastiaensen, Professor in development studies, Institute of Development Policy and Management (IOB), University of Antwerp, Belgium (Prinsstraat 13, B-2000 Belgium).

Reviews

"This book avoids the elusive quest for attribution of impact to an inexistent generic 'fair trade'. It argues instead for a balance between rigour and usefulness in impact studies, showing the way forward with resource-full and instructive country case-studies about context-specific impact processes."--Dr. Johan Bastiaensen, Professor in development studies, Institute of Development Policy and Management (IOB), University of Antwerp, Belgium

"This book is a welcome addition to the growing empirical literature on the real impact of Fairtrade on rural producers, traders and farm workers in different agro-food sectors. Valerie Nelson did a remarkable job in bringing together perspectives on social justice, gender empowerment, environment and civic organization that enable a balanced appraisal of the ongioing efforts towards the renewal of Fairtrade."--Professor Ruerd Ruben, Coordinator Food Security, Value Chains & Impact Analysis Agricultural Economics Institute (LEI) Wageningen University and Research Centre