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Fair trade is widely regarded as a universal good. This fascinating anthropological study takes a closer look at a coffee-growing community and cooperatives in Costa Rica - and subjects the fair trade movement to critical scrutiny. As with conventional coffee, Western demand for organic fair trade produce is largely met by more affluent individuals with larger landholdings. As a result, it is caught up in the conflicts of interest and resentments that are part of the coffee industry as a whole. Ultimately fair trade fails to escape divisions that characterise other forms of production and consumption.All growers are united in their criticism of the high margins accumulated by regional and transnational processors and exporters. Sustainability, just rewards and social cohesion have formed part of the world view of these agricultural communities for decades. This book shows how there is much common ground between the worlds of the commodity grower and the priorities of the fair trade movement - if not necessarily always in the ways we might suppose.

41. Costa Rica Diplomatic Handbook
	Paperback: 300 Pages (2009-03-20) list price: US$149.95 -- used & new: US$99.95 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1438710291 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
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42. Privatization in Costa Rica: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis by Anthony B. Chamberlain
	Paperback: 174 Pages (2006-12-08) list price: US$31.95 -- used & new: US$25.94 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0761836209 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Product Description Privatization in Costa Rica offers an assessment of the last twenty-five years of privatization efforts in Costa Rica, and argues that one-dimensional thinking about the privatization of state services is misdirected. An historical perspective on privatization in general within the context of commercial globalization is followed by a review of Costa Rica's political economy and it's integration into a global market in terms of privatization.Case studies of three types of privatization attempted include the Costa Rican Development Corporation (CODESA); the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE), which includes telecommunications; and the Costa Rican Social Security System (CCSS/INS). In some cases privatization indeed represents an effective response to the particular historical circumstances the country faces. In other instances, however, privatization can be inappropriate.This study is unique in that it critiques privatization in Costa Rica specifically and Central America in general. Its analysis is potentially applicable to smaller developing countries around the globe that are often neglected, but substantial in number. ... Read more

43. Costa Rica Investment and Business Guide
	Paperback: 300 Pages (2009-03-20) list price: US$149.95 -- used & new: US$99.95 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1438710380 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Product Description This investment guide contains basic information on economy, business, export-import and investment climate, opportunities and regulations. Provides strategic information on economy, industrial development, banking, and government.Includes information on the most important business contacts and business travel. Updated annually. ... Read more

44. Legislative Institution Building in Brazil, Costa Rica and Labanon (Sage professional papers in administrative and policy studies ; ser. no. 03-027) by Abdo I. Baaklini, James J. Heapley
	Paperback: 60 Pages (1976-06-03) Isbn: 0803905319 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

45. Unruly Clients in the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica. A Study of How Bureaucrats Try and Fail to Transform Gatekeepers, Communists and Preachers into Ideal Beneficiaries (Latin America Studies no. 78) by Peter De Vries, Pieter De Vries
	Paperback: 250 Pages (1997-12-01) list price: US$22.00 -- used & new: US$22.00 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 9070280663 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Product Description This book attempts to show how development discourse -- while extremely powerful in legitimizing the actions of experts -- is appropriated, transmuted and (re)deployed by different groups of actors including administrators, farmers and field-level workers. How does a social worker from the land reform institute deal with a peasant leader who blames him, as a representative of the state, because the development programme he has helped to initiate has led to debts among a majority of the would-be beneficiaries? How does a settler convince a credit assistant that the loss of his maize harvest was due to heavy rains and not because he spent his credit on consumer goods or in the local canteen? It is argued that such issues are not trivial and instead raise important theoretical questions about the relationship between development thinking, institutional practices of social control and peasant strategies of accommodation and resistance. ... Read more

46. Costa Rica Medical & Pharmaceutical Industry Handbook
	Paperback: 300 Pages (2009-03-20) list price: US$149.95 -- used & new: US$99.95 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1438710402 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
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47. Costa Rica Mineral & Mining Sector Investment and Business Guide
	Paperback: 300 Pages (2009-03-20) list price: US$149.95 -- used & new: US$99.95 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1438710410 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
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48. Conflict Resolution of the Boruca Hydro-Energy Project: Renewable Energy Production in Costa Rica by Warren R. Haffar, Jurgen Carls
	Hardcover: 240 Pages (2010-01-17) list price: US$120.00 -- used & new: US$40.77 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1441117555 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Product Description This is a case study that profiles the best practices for sustainable development, indigenous human rights, and conflict resolution, providing original insights into Latin American environmental and development politics. "Conflict Resolution of the Boruca Hydro-Energy Project" is a case study that aims to profile best practices for sustainable development, indigenous human rights, and conflict resolution. In 2003, a joint project was developed between the United Nations University of Peace and the International Peace and Conflict Resolution program at Arcadia University to study the Boruca hydroelectrical conflict in Costa Rica. The aim was to bring together theory and practice and to reveal the link between peace and conflict resolution and sustainable development. Through partnerships with the Kan Tan Ecological Project and the indigenous communities in the region, and field studies to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and local Civil Society Organizations, faculty and students utilized the mediation framework to identify the needs and interests of the primary conflict stakeholders."Conflict Resolution of the Boruca Hydro-Energy Project" represents the culmination of this fieldwork and tests the mediation framework as suitable model for the resolution of environmental conflicts in Latin America. "Conflict Resolution of the Boruca Hydro-Energy Project" follows these conflicts and the process by which the government-owned utility tried to find common ground between all stakeholders. Ultimately, it tests the mediation framework as an appropriate approach to the resolution of development conflicts, exploring the transferability of this approach to other countries in Latin America. ... Read more

49. Costa Rica Ecological and Nature Protection Handbook
	Paperback: 300 Pages (2009-03-20) list price: US$149.95 -- used & new: US$99.95 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1438710305 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
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50. Costa Rica Business Intelligence Report
	Paperback: 300 Pages (2009-03-20) list price: US$149.95 -- used & new: US$99.95 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1438710240 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Product Description This report contains business intelligence information for succesful export-import, business and investment operations, strategic contacts and more... The report also contains selected information on investment andbusiness opportunities, international economic projects, tenders, government projects, as well as, marketing and export-import opportunities information. ... Read more

51. Costa Rica Country Study Guide (World Country Study Guide Library) by International Business Publications, USA
	Paperback: 300 Pages (2002-12-10) list price: US$89.95 -- used & new: US$89.94 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0739742973 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Product Description Geography, history, people, language, culture, traditions, economy, government, politics, constitution, places to visit, info for travelers... ... Read more

52. Costa Rica Telecommunication Industry Business Opportunities Handbook
	Paperback: 300 Pages (2009-03-20) list price: US$149.95 -- used & new: US$99.95 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1438710453 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
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53. Costa Rica Business Law Handbook
	Paperback: 300 Pages (2009-03-20) list price: US$149.95 -- used & new: US$99.95 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1438710259 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Product Description This law handbook contains information on basic business legislation, laws and regulatoins affecting export-import, business, foreign investments, property rights, taxation and banking. (Updated annually) ... Read more

54. Inside Costa Rica by Sylvia Lara, Tom Barry, Peter Simonson
	Paperback: 194 Pages (1995-07) list price: US$11.95 -- used & new: US$9.29 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0911213511 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

56. The Administrative Partitioning of Costa Rica (University of Chicago Geography Research Papers) by Marilyn April Dorn
	Paperback: 137 Pages (1989-01-15) list price: US$17.50 -- used & new: US$17.50 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0890651264 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

57. A Holy Alliance?: The Church and the Left in Costa Rica, 1932-1948 (Perspectives on Latin America and the Caribbean) by Eugene D. Miller
	Hardcover: 228 Pages (1996-09) list price: US$106.95 Isbn: 1563249103 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

58. Costa Rica: A "Spy" Guide
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Editorial Review Product Description Everything a successful "spy" must know on the country.Strategic and practical information on government, national security, army, foreign relations, economy, technology, mineral resources, as well as culture, history, traditions, government and business contacts and more... ... Read more

59. Fair Trade and a Global Commodity: Coffee in Costa Rica (Anthropology, Culture and Society) by Peter Luetchford
	Paperback: 240 Pages (2007-11-20) list price: US$31.00 -- used & new: US$22.41 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0745326986 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Product Description Fair trade is widely regarded as a universal good. This fascinating anthropological study takes a closer look at a coffee-growing community and cooperatives in Costa Rica - and subjects the fair trade movement to critical scrutiny. As with conventional coffee, Western demand for organic fair trade produce is largely met by more affluent individuals with larger landholdings. As a result, it is caught up in the conflicts of interest and resentments that are part of the coffee industry as a whole. Ultimately fair trade fails to escape divisions that characterise other forms of production and consumption.All growers are united in their criticism of the high margins accumulated by regional and transnational processors and exporters. Sustainability, just rewards and social cohesion have formed part of the world view of these agricultural communities for decades. This book shows how there is much common ground between the worlds of the commodity grower and the priorities of the fair trade movement - if not necessarily always in the ways we might suppose. ... Read more

60. Costa Rica Industrial and Business Directory
	Paperback: 300 Pages (2009-03-20) list price: US$149.95 -- used & new: US$99.95 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 1438710364 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
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