Estrella, Andrea: The effects of Voluntary Sustainability Standards in the economy of smallholder farmers in Latin America : An investigation of the impact pathways of sustainability standards leading to improved economic outcomes for certified coffee producers. 2020
Inhalt
- Table of Contents
- Tables and figures
- 1. Introduction
- Part I: Conceptual Framework
- 2. VSS impact pathways to economic development
- 3. Impact of VSS on smallholder Coffee farmers: Current state of knowledge
- 4. Sustainable Livelihoods in a rural development context
- Part II: Empirical Study: Economic Impact
- 5. Methodology
- 5.1. Selection of Coffee organizations
- 5.2. Sampling strategy
- 5.3. Operationalization of variables
- 5.4. Propensity Score Matching and regression analysis
- 5.5. Specificities of the analysis for each country
- 6. Descriptive statistics and cooperative characteristics
- 7. Economic impact of Coffee certifications
- Part III: Empirical study: Impact Pathways
- 8. Pathways to economic improvements
- 9. Excursus: Quality impact pathway (Costa Rica case study)
- Part IV: Theoretical Insights
- 10. Causal relations between pathways and economic impact
- 11. Trade-offs of adopting Voluntary Sustainability Standards
- 12. VSS in the global Coffee market: sustainable livelihoods and rural development
- 13. The study in context: Robustness checks and limitations
- 14. Conclusions
- 15. References
- 16. Appendixes