Middlemen and traders with greater access to markets and information purchase gemstones at low prices from miners, leaving miners with only a small fraction of the final value, creating an imbalance in trade dynamics that perpetuates a cycle of poverty and dependency.
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“middlemen and Traders with greater access to markets and information often purchase gemstones at low prices leaving miners with a small fraction of the final value this imbalance in the trade Dynamics perpetuates a cycle of poverty and dependency [8:22]”
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