Title: \"Fairtrade\" and market failures in agricultural commodity markets

Authors: Ronchi, Loraine

Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: World bank

Year: 2006

Journal: Policy research working paper

Volume: 4011

PAGE: --

Subject: Value Chains for Development

Keywords: commodity trade, social justice, commodity markets, agricultural prices, agricultural co-operatives, coffee, agricultural economics, costa rica

Abstract: 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.

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