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The Cocoa Chain
New Internationalist, 1997
Fair trade and production methods in the cocoa to chocolate chain
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Sweatwash: The Apparel Industry's Efforts to Co-opt Human Rights
Corporate Watch, 1998
Commentary on the formation of the USA Fair Labor Association (FLA) to monitor use of sweatshop labour in the textile/clothing industry. Argues that their award of fair trade labels will only lead to cosmetic changes in working practices
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Ethical trade and sustainable rural livelihoods
Ethical Trade and Natural Resources Programme, NRI, 1998
Explores the actual and potential contribution ethical trade can make to the achievement of sustainable rural livelihoods. Summary report includes a description of ethical trade (Section 2), followed by an analysis of the building blocks and trade-offs that affect participation in ethical trade (Section 3).
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Ethical trade and sustainable rural livelihoods: Volta River Estates Fairtrade bananas case study
Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2001
Uses Volta River Estates Ltd. (Ghana) as a case study into ethical trade and sustainable rural livelihoods. This organisation is a Fairtrade banana exporter.The VREL example suggests that plantations can increase livelihood opportunities for certain groups of people without negatively affecting the natural resource base.