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Policy Brief No. 1. Assessing the poverty impact of voluntary sustainability standards in global tea and cocoa value chains: Key findings of a 4 year study

author(s) Pound, B.. - Martin, A.. - Kleih, U.. - Nelson, V.. - Conroy, C.. - Stathers, T.. - Young, S.. - Posthumus, H.. - Muhoro, A.. - Cabascango, D.. - Caza, G.. - Cepeda, D.. - Chile, M.. - Kajman, G.. - Mejia, I.. - Montenegro, F.. - Ojeda, A.. - Ruup, L.. - Tiaguaro, Y.. - Valverde, M.. - Velastegui, G.A.. - Bugri, J.. - Opoku, K.. - Gathuthi, C.. - Agyare-Kwabi, P.. - Augustt, E.. - Balamurugan, Djandoh. - A., Gichoci. - A., Irimu. - V., Kamau. - E., Kokonya. - M., Narayanan. - L., Poornakumar. - Saravana Kumar, Saravanan. - R., Saravanan. - S., Umidha.
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regions
  • Northern Europe
  • Europe
  • World
  • South America
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Americas
  • Western Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • Eastern Africa
  • Southern Asia
  • Asia
citation

Nelson, V.; Martin, A.; Stathers, T.; Narayanan, L.; Conroy, C.; Saravanan, S.; Saravanan, R.; Saravana Kumar; Balamurugan; Poornakumar; Gathuthi, C.; Posthumus, H.; Cepeda, D.; Opoku, K.; Pound, B.; Bugri, J.; Young, S.; Augustt, E.; Agyare-Kwabi, P.; Djandoh, A.; Kleih, U.; Kamau, E.; Gichoci, A.; Kokonya, M.; Umidha, N.; Irimu, V.; Muhoro, A.; Cepeda, D.; Cabascango, D.; Kajman, G.; Chile, M.; Caza, G.; Mejia, I.; Montenegro, F.; Ruup, L.; Velastegui, G.A.; Tiaguaro, Y.; Valverde, M.; Ojeda, A. Policy Brief No. 1. Assessing the poverty impact of voluntary sustainability standards in global tea and cocoa value chains: Key findings of a 4 year study. Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of Greenwich, London, UK (2014) 5 pp

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Abstract

An NRI study (2009-14), funded by the UK Department for International Development, systematically assessed the poverty impact of voluntary sustainability standards (VSS), such as Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade. Covering two commodities (tea and cocoa) in four countries, involving hired labour, smallholder and outgrower contexts, the study employed a theory based impact evaluation and mixed methods approach

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