: How Fair Trade can be used to Empower the Least Developed Countries?

(2000 Words)

• The project about the NGO-style Advocacy Briefing. The questions and answers below can explain how to write this project what it is going to be about and give you an idea about the NGO-
style Advocacy Briefing. Then, I am asking you to write about the topic above and the research will analyse the role of Fair Trade in the least developed countries.

• I will upload one file of NGO for example only. So do not use it as a source, because it differs from this topic and it just for example.

• See the abstract of the topic and the project has to refer to it.

• Select a few specific case-studies to demonstrate the broader arguments you want to make about fair trade.

• Use the 3 mentioned source and add 5 more of academic journal articles only. Note: do not use the business sources, so you should only use the sources which are related to the international
relations and politics.
Abstract:

The free trade that has been supported and advocated for through market liberalisation has achieved in providing an equal market to goods and services across the globe, but has failed to reserve a
special place for the poor and vulnerable producers in the developing countries. Among the social benefits of fair trade is the establishment of cooperatives which are instrumental in establishing
social stability and mitigating conflicts. In an unequal global market, fair trade is the only achievable policy that will introduce equitable relationship in the international trade. Consequently,
the research will analyse the role of Fair Trade in the least developed countries.
Sources:

 Milner, H. and Kubota, K. (2005). Why the Move to Free Trade? Democracy and Trade Policy in the Developing Countries. International Organization, 59(01), pp. 107-143

 Oxfam, 2009. Tackling Poverty through Trade. Available at: https://www.oxfam.org.nz/sites/default/files/reports/FTA_TacklingPovertyThroughFT.pdf [Accessed 21 Nov. 2016].

 Lindblad, J., 2006. Sustainable Development and Empowerment through Fair Trade-A Minor Field Study of the Impacts from Fair Trade Participation on Sri Lankan Producers and Workers.
Available at: http://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=1329499&fileOId=1329500 [Accessed 21 Nov. 2016].

Questions and answers:
What are Advocacy Briefings?
A number of development NGOs carry out advocacy work and you I will upload one file of NGO for example only. Advocacy Briefings often have the direct aim of changing national and/or international
policy or they can be more broadly concerned with raising awareness of an issue.
How do I write an Advocacy Briefing?
You should write your briefing with the general public as the intended audience. Hence, there is a need for clarity and an engaging presentation style (you may want to use images, diagrams, tables,
boxes, etc.).
However, to be credible it also needs to be research-based and you should therefore include references to the academic literature in the same way as you would for any other piece of academic work.
Your briefing should be analytical and not simply descriptive. It also needs to be persuasive but must acknowledge and engage with different perspectives or approaches to the issue you are looking
at.
The structure of your Advocacy Briefing should include a contextualisation of the issue, a clear presentation of ‘the problem’ that you have identified, and an outline of the recommended changes
(to policy-making if appropriate) that you are advocating.