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Abstract: Fair Trade is at a crucial moment in its evolution from alternative trading mechanism to mainstream economic model. The strategic future of Fair Trade is put under careful scrutiny in this timely and thoughtful book. This book will interest advanced undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students taking courses on business ethics, retail, marketing management ang development economics.

Abstract: The book presents series of interdisciplinary, empirically rich case studies showing how small-scale farmers manage ecosystems and organize collectively as they seek useful collaborations with international NGOs and coffee companies to create opportunities for themselves in the coffee market. The findings demonstrate the interconnections among farmer livelihoods, biodiversity, conservation, and changing coffee market.

Abstract: This reader brings together fourteen of the most important articles on microfinance to have been published since 1990. These contributions illustrate the major developments in microfinance during the period and, together with the editor's introductory analysis, provide an invaluable overview of the field.

Abstract: Microfinance is a powerfull tool for alleviating poverty, enabling poor people to earn a living and take control of their lives. This book provides material and detailed step-by-step guides for twenty-two sessions, including case studies, quantitative exercises and field trips. The sessions cover topics such as sustainability, interest rates, the choice of delivery methodologies and institutiona, impact assessment and delinquency management.

Abstract: This book allows us to understand more clearly the history and content of the current debates about corporate-led economic globalization. But, more than that, it tells what we can do about it -what peolple are already doing about it.

Abstract: Cinque favole che provengono da diversi stati dell'India: I dolcetti di Ganesh dal Maharashtra; La festa del riso dall'Andhra Pradesh; Avanti zucca muoviti dal Madhya Pradesh; Il fantasma goloso dal Kashmir e Shiva e la Vecchia dal Karnataka.

Abstract: The paper explores whether and how current lending-of-last-resort practice can be extended beyond national borders. It argues that what makes lending of last resort effective at the national level is a blend of resources availability, technical discretion, ex-ante supervision, and powers of enforcement.

Abstract: The paper examines the evolution of consumer and business confidence indexes in France, Germany and Italy since the mid-eighties, using regressions of the indexes on a set of common macroeconomic variables for each country. Comparison of the results across agents and across countries highlights some differences in behaviour that have emerged in the last 50 years.

Abstract: This paper analizes the determinants of Italian households' participation in the debt market, considering both demand and supply effects and using the Bank of Italy's Surveey of HouseholdIncome and Weath. The probability of bebt is positively influenced by age (until 35 years), wich essentially acts as a demand factor

Abstract: Credit purchases of consumers goods are commonly made upon terms governed by an agreement between the lender and the seller. This type of purchase is generally subject to a legal principle of joint responsability under which the lender and the seller are jointly liable to the consumer for breach of the sale contract by the seller. Here its show tha joint responsability increases welfare and reduces the incentives of sellers to misrepresent the quality of their products.

Abstract: This paper analyses the dynamics of Italian household wealth over the 1990s and asseses the strenth of the effects on consumption, usung as a benchmark the United States.In a period of shrply rising asset prices, Italian househpld net worth rose significantly, but on the whole individuals were net buyers of assets and they appear to have realized, directly or indirectly, only a small portion of the capital gains accrued on their wealth.

Abstract: Fair trade is an issue that touches every one of us, even if we are not aware of it. This book will help you to understand trade, why it is sometimes unfair and what can be done about it. Find out all about the globalization of trade, see how the purchase of everyday items affects people all over the world, and discover how fair trade can help to alleviate poverty.

Abstract: Musica etnica contemporanea

Abstract: Musica etnica

Abstract: Musica etnica