global shift evaluation

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  • global shift
    • is the relocating of the global economic centre of gravity
      • example from Europe to Asia
    • posiitives
      • waged work
        • factory work =reliable work since subsistence farming is vulnerable to weather and disease, low wages of $2-$3 are still double of rural income
      • education and training
        • TNC's invest in training and skill development economic growth used finance investment in education
      • poverty reduction
        • since 1990 1 billion people have bee lifted out of extreme poverty
    • disadvantages
      • loss of productive land
        • air and water pollution from industrial activity can render agricultural land unusable
      • unplanned settlements
        • new manufacturing jobs prompts rural-urban migration, rapid population growth outpaces formal housing construction=unplanned settlements
      • environmental or resource pressure
        • manufacturing activity creates demand for more commodities, commodity extraction creates environmental pressure= deforestation

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