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Microtrade: A New System of International Trade with Volunteerism Towards Poverty Elimination

Microtrade: A New System of International Trade with Volunteerism Towards Poverty Elimination

Author: Yong-Shik Lee
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138884816

Published In: June 2015
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9780415826006

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With contributions from well-regarded scholars of international economic law, this book sets out the case for an innovative solution to extreme poverty which utilizes international trade and its legal framework to relieve populations of the poorest countries around the world of extreme poverty. Microtrade is international trade on a small scale, based primarily on manually produced products using small amounts of capital and low levels of technology available at a local level in lesser developed countries.

This book explores the theory, application, and legal framework for microtrade. In the first part of the book the architect of the microtrade theory, Yong-Shik Lee, offers a theoretical framework for microtrade including its basic elements, product demand and operational issues, legal issues, and the global management and facilitation of microtrade. The book then goes on to look at issues including the structure and financing of microtrade, e-commerce, government procurement, and the fair trade movement's possible relationship with microtrade. . The final part of the book considers empirical case studies of microtrade with agricultural products. The book shows how microtrade, if effectively administered on a global scale, can do much to end extreme poverty.

Introduction, Yong-Shik Lee

Part 1: Theory and Elements of Microtrade

1. Conceptual Framework, Yong-Shik Lee

2. Logistical Issues and Product Demand, Yong-Shik Lee

3. Management of Microtrade: Global Network and "Paring" and Legal Framework, Yong-Shik Lee

Part 2: Further Issues of Microtrade

4. Review of the Microtrade Regime: Structure and Financing, Arpita Gupta

5. Microtrade and Fair Trade, Prapanpong Khumon

6. Microtrade and Legal Cultural Consideration, Colin Picker

Part 3: Applications of Microtrade

7. Application Model: E-Commerce Model and Government Procurement, Farid Shirazi, Daein Kim and Joon Gu Yoo

8. Microtrade in Agriculture, Andreas Neef, Kei Mizuno, Franklin Rwezimula, Iven Schad, and Pakakrong Makpun Williams