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ECOTA’s publications highlight Bangladesh’s top fair trade organizations and SMEs, offering insights into their operations and the latest trends in the fair trade industry. They also showcase ECOTA’s recent projects and collaborations with local and international partners.
This publication explores fair trade practices in Bangladesh, highlighting challenges, prospects, and socio-economic impacts. It presents seminar papers, studies, and best practices, emphasizing fair trade’s potential to combat rural poverty through handmade goods. It advocates for equitable trade, empowering marginalized producers, and leveraging globalization for sustainable development, beyond conventional free trade norms. To download this publication, click here.
This publication highlights Bangladesh’s rich cultural heritage, focusing on crafts like Jamdani, handloom saris, natural dyes, embroidery, jute, pottery, and baskets. It emphasizes Fair Trade’s role in preserving traditions and human rights. Created collaboratively by ECOTA, Terre des Hommes Italy, and the European Commission, it celebrates artisans’ contributions to development. To download this publication, click here.
This publication showcases ECOTA’s Fair Trade members, traditional crafts like Nakshi Kantha, terracotta, handloom, and bamboo, alongside artisans’ and organizations’ profiles. It emphasizes Fair Trade’s role in sustainable development, addressing global market challenges, and empowering producers. Supported by GTZ, it fosters connections between producers, buyers, and ethically conscious consumers. To download this publication, click here.
The report explores the handicraft sector in Bangladesh, examining market chains, challenges, and opportunities for growth. It emphasizes the need for government support, policy reforms, and improved market access, while highlighting issues such as raw materials, product quality, marketing, and transportation. Recommendations focus on strengthening export markets and modernizing traditional products. To download this publication, click here.
The report examines gender roles and the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh’s handicraft sector, highlighting how socio-political and economic practices affect women’s empowerment. It identifies constraints like lack of credit, training, and support from society and the state, and proposes solutions such as forming marketing cooperatives. The study emphasizes that women in this sector are motivated by more than just economic necessity, aiming for improved status and empowerment. Recommendations focus on formalizing and scaling the sector to ensure sustainable growth. To download this report, click here.
This publication explores Fair Trade in Bangladesh, focusing on stakeholders, artisans, and ECOTA’s interventions. It critiques international trade’s bias favoring wealthy nations, highlighting challenges like tariffs, debt, and limited capital. Fair Trade is presented as a solution to empower artisans, promote economic diversification, and address inequalities in global trade dynamics. To download this publication, click here.
The Fair Trade Directory for Bangladesh serves as a comprehensive resource for Fair Trade entrepreneurs, featuring profiles of ECOTA members, international agencies, supporting organizations, product lines, export documentation, and trade-related terms. It aims to foster business relationships and guide new Fair Trade ventures while promoting sustainable trade practices in Bangladesh. Do download this document, please click here.