Fair Trade: A Beginner's Guide

By: Jacqueline Decarlo

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Synopsis: This book serves in some measure to honor artisans and farmers and to advance their aspirations for lives of dignity and opportunity in partnership with conscious consumers and advocates. Fair Trade is definitely for billions of people in isolated villages and dilapidated shanty towns who haven't experienced all the benefits of globalization or "free trade." Fair Trade is for regular women and men who want to work hard, play by fair rules, and take advantage of sustainable economic opportunities, yet find few options available to them. It is particularly for under-educated women and other disadvantaged groups fighting to survive on the fringes of society in the face of discrimination or against invisibility in a world where the rich and powerful are held up as role models.