Sally Smith is a Research Officer at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex working on international trade, corporate social responsibility, poverty and rural development.

She has an MA in International Rural Development from University of East Anglia and a history of research and advisory services to a number of NGOs and private businesses, as well as independently funded academic research. She has extensive field experience using qualitative and participatory methodologies in various agricultural and industrial sectors in Africa, Asia and Latin America. She has specialist knowledge on fair trade and ethical trade in global value chains; gender issues in agriculture and manufacturing; impact assessment for organisational learning and change.
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