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Contribution of Fair Trade in Sustainable Development

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Economics, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh

    Md Nazmus Sadekin

  2. Department of Economics, Comilla University, Cumilla, Bangladesh

    Most Asikha Aktar

  3. School of Economics, Finance and Banking, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Malaysia

    Md Mahmudul Alam

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  5. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  6. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. Centre for Sustainable Development (Greens), University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNISUL), Florianopolis, SC, Brazil

    José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra

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Sadekin, M.N., Aktar, M.A., Alam, M.M. (2021). Contribution of Fair Trade in Sustainable Development. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Reduced Inequalities. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71060-0_7-1

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