[Fair Trade Coffee is a great idea, and so is regulation to ensure equity across the supply chains. However, when coffee farmers are expected to meet 100+ rules and regulations, the process can be burdensome and expensive. That’s one of several problems with Fair Trade Coffee.]
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Frame Changers #158: (Reverse) Digital Divide
Frame Changers #157: Emerging Markets, Reframed
Frame Changers #156: Orphans as Customers
Frame Changers #155: Not Invented Here Syndrome
Frame Changers #154: Pivot Until Successful
Frame Changers #153: Different Strokes for Different Folks
Frame Changers #152: Good Vaccine; Bad Spirit
Frame Changers #151: Neglected Tropical Diseases
[Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are a group of diseases that impact over 1.4 Billion of the poorest people in developing countries. They don’t get as much attention because the market is not as lucrative or accessible.]
Frame Changers #150: Academic Relevance
[Few universities in Africa have a research and Outreach mission, or have the resources to engage with communities. Many African academics are trained in Western countries to solve Western problems and don’t find poverty alleviation and development as exciting. As an aside, research into dung beetles’ navigation won an Ignoble Award in 2013.]