Ronchi, Loraine | cop. 2002
- Author(s): Ronchi, Loraine
- Publisher: Twin
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agribusiness, international trade, social justice, agricultural co-operatives, small farms, cocoa, evaluation research, west africa, ghana
The proposed impact monitoring method involves 6 steps: setting the context; setting objectives; tracing avenues of impact; fair-trade premiums and attribution; designing monitoring mechanisms; and reporting impact.
Ronchi, Loraine | 2006
- Author(s): Ronchi, Loraine
- Publisher: World bank
- Pages: --
- Keywords: commodity trade, social justice, commodity markets, agricultural prices, agricultural co-operatives, coffee, agricultural economics, costa rica
The case of the Costa Rican coffee market is used to demonstrate that market power is indeed a limiting factor and that fair trade does improve the efficiency of cooperatives.
Ruben, Ruerd and Slingerland, Maja and Nijhoff, Hans | cop. 2006
- Author(s): Ruben, Ruerd and Slingerland, Maja and Nijhoff, Hans
- Publisher: Springer
- Pages: 1--25
- Keywords: agribusiness, purchasing, enterprise development, small enterprises, social justice
The main issues on agro-food chains and networks as instruments for development are discussed: globalization, market liberalization, and the integration of developing countries' producers into sustainable agro-food chains and networks.
Ruijter de Wildt, Marieke de and Elliott, David and Hitchins, Rob | 2006
- Author(s): Ruijter de Wildt, Marieke de and Elliott, David and Hitchins, Rob
- Publisher: Swiss agency for development and cooperation (SDC). Employment and income division
- Pages: --
- Keywords: enterprise development, small enterprises, marketing, poverty alleviation, development assistance, development strategies
The application of the Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) approach is contrasted with that of Private Sector Development (PSD), and the implications for development agencies are discussed.
Sahan, Erinch and Fischer-Mackey, Julia | 2011
- Author(s): Sahan, Erinch and Fischer-Mackey, Julia
- Publisher: Oxfam GB
- Pages: --
- Keywords: small farms, gender, women, market access
Oxfam has encountered some of the challenges and limitations of market-based approaches. This paper is intended to raise these challenges with the broader community of development practitioners employing market-based approaches and share approaches Oxfam has taken to addressing them.