A Survey of the Economics of Fair Trade Fair Trade has spread in developing countries as an initiative aimed at lifting poor smallholder farmers out of poverty by providing them with premium prices, availability of credit, and improved community development and social goods. Fair Trade is also viewed as a niche market for high value products in a context of globalization and trade liberalizatio...

Fair Trade and e-business have been topics of growing academic literature. However, very little is known in terms of the utilization of e-business in Fair Trade. This paper aims to address this gap and explore the opportunities, current utilization as well as challenges of e-business in the Fair Trade Supply Chain (FTSC). The paper makes a unique contribution to the wider understanding of the s...