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How much do folk in the Western world know about Fairtrade?

Fairtrade fortnight started yesterday and there are various  activities up  and down the country here in the UK. I have posed the question, HOW FAIR IS FAIRTRADE on a few online forums and got three...

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Is there a time to be Fair? Is climate change more urgent than global poverty...

These were the questions put to a panel made up of Kate Allen from Amnesty International, Andy Atkins from Friends of the Earth and Barbara Crowther from the Fairtrade Foundation last Saturday( 28...

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Ending poverty in Africa- Trade not AID model

Yesterday, I introduced the notion that ending poverty in Africa was not simply about giving more money. I asked the question why governments were not promoting more sustainable models. A model that I...

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Economic Migration

In the last post I looked at the issue of unfair trade agreements an their role in economic migration.  In this thread I would like to look at the value of economic migrants. I has been a few days...

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Can Fairtrade lift farmers in Uganda and Ethiopia out of poverty?

According to a much discussed report by Professor Cramer from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) the answer to this question is not necessarily and according the school’s website these...

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How much aid should the UK give?

Earlier today I received my copy of  the Labour Campaign for International Development (LCID) Newsletter. The main message in this newsletter was the amount of aid the UK gives to countries in need....

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