A review of the impact of Fair Trade over the last ten years

Over the last decade, Fairtrade sales have increased dramatically, reaching €2.89bn globally by the end of 2008. In line with this growth there is increasing demand to measure and demonstrate the difference that engagement with Fairtrade is having for participating producers and workers and their families, in other words the impact that Fairtrade is having at the local level. This paper summarises a review of the published literature on Fairtrade’s impact, commissioned by the Fairtrade Foundation and conducted by NRI in 2009.

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