Fairtrade and Economic Pro-Poor Growth: A Literature Review

Often it is assumed that fairtrade certification leads to poverty alleviation in the Global South. This review applies fairtrade to the determinants of pro-poor economic growth. The main determinants of pro-poor economic growth are trade, investments in human capital, health, financial development,...

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Published in:Journal of poverty 2019-09, Vol.23 (6), p.521-542
Main Author: Bissinger, Katharina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Certification
Economic development
Economic growth
Fairtrade
Human capital
International trade
Investments
Literature reviews
Low income groups
Poverty
pro-poor economic growth
rural development
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Summary:Often it is assumed that fairtrade certification leads to poverty alleviation in the Global South. This review applies fairtrade to the determinants of pro-poor economic growth. The main determinants of pro-poor economic growth are trade, investments in human capital, health, financial development, just to name a view. Some of those determinants are highly affected by fairtrade (food) certification. Consequently, fairtrade certification is able to foster pro-poor economic growth and thus, alleviates poverty in the Global South.
ISSN:1087-5549
1540-7608
DOI:10.1080/10875549.2019.1616036