皇冠体育app

Abstract

This report presents the findings for Ecuador of a study on the poverty impact of sustainability standards. 皇冠体育app main questions explored were - Do voluntary standards have an impact on the poverty and livelihoods of smallholders, outgrowers and hired labourers and their organisations? If so what kind? Are voluntary standards effective mechanisms for tackling poverty?

皇冠体育app project aims to answer the overall research question about the poverty impact of sustainability standards, but also a number of specific research questions on the poverty impacts of voluntary standards. This report explores only those questions of relevance to the Ecuadorian situation. 皇冠体育app primary research question was to understand the impact of standards on cocoa producing smallholders, outgrowers, hired labourers and their organisations, and also to investigate whether and how standards have an impact (and by what mechanism or impact pathway). 皇冠体育app overall approach was theory-based evaluation of cases, with standardized questions and analytical techniques to facilitate comparative analysis. 皇冠体育app design incorporated 鈥榗ounterfactual鈥� cases which allowed the comparison of 鈥榳ith certification鈥� and 鈥榳ithout certification鈥� scenarios. 皇冠体育app Ecuador study is one of four country case oriented, comparative studies, which seek to generate evidence on the impact of sustainability standards to inform policy and practice.

Citation

Cepeda, D.; Pound, B.; Nelson, V.; Kajman, G.; Cabascango, D.; Martin, A.; Chile, M.; Posthumus, H.; Caza, G.; Mejia, I.; Montenegro, F.; Ruup, L.; Velastegui, G.A.; Tiaguaro, Y.; Valverde, M.; Ojeda, A. Final Report: Assessing the poverty impact of sustainability standards in Ecuadorian cocoa. Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of Greenwich, London, UK (2013) 111 pp.

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