Peter Robbins
Peter Robbins is a British author whose published works include Filthy Rich, Stolen Fruit, and a range of specialist books on related topics including precious metals markets, tropical commodity markets, trade sanctions, access to market information, and on support for rural communities.
He was a commodities trader in the City of London for 30 years. He was able to retire from the business early and became a consultant to the United Nations on trade relations between African countries and multinational companies. He worked also as an advisor to the African National Congress on trade sanctions against apartheid.
Since then he has worked for many development agencies on issues relating to agricultural trade policy and its impact on small-scale farmers.
Books by Peter Robbins
Stolen Fruit
The Tropical Commodities Disaster
Peter Robbins
Many countries in the South have been encouraged to grow coffee, sugar, cotton and other crops, but small farmers get only a tiny share of the final price of these commodities in the North. As prices collapse, the terms of trade between North and South have widened. This investigation, by one of the leading authorities on commodity trading, analyzes the current trading arrangements and their disastrous effect on foreign exchange earnings, tax revenues and economic growth in developing countries.… (more information)