Fair trade - vybrané aspekty

This thesis consider the Fair Trade concept as an alternative form of the trade solving poverty and promoting disadvantaged producers living in the developing countries. The major objective is to analyse benefits and inadequacies of the Fair Trade and to find out if it is possible from long-term point of view to reduce the poverty in the developing countries effectively. The thesis describes the present circumstances in the developing countries, the basic characteristics and the functioning of Fair Trade, the international trade with the coffee and the problem of clearing and Fair Trade price of the coffee and the problem of microfinancing. The last chapter evaluates advantages and disadvantages of Fair Trade.