globalisation case studies
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- Created on: 02-06-22 14:01
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- globalisation case studies
- IPEOs
- World Trade Org (WTO)
- trade liberalisation
- regulates trade
- World Bank
- grants to developing countries
- SAPs
- grants to developing countries
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- to stabilise economies
- loans from rich -> poor countries
- structural adjustment programs (SAPs)
- Tanzania: water in shanty towns cut off
- World Trade Org (WTO)
- trade blocs
- European Union
- combined currency (€)
- est 1951
- aims: inclusion, tolerance, justice, solidarity, non-discrimination
- 27 countries
- ASEAN
- est 1967
- 10 South-East Asian states
- to improve econ, political and social cooperation & balance conflicts
- European Union
- role of governments
- India
- 1990s
- now a major hub for tech businesses & call centres (British Airways)
- buisnesses partner with local Indian businesses
- UK
- 1980s to counter unemployment
- China
- open-door policy in 1978
- special economic zones (SEZs)
- joined WTO in 2001
- now investing in other areas (Africa)
- India
- "switched off"
- North Korea
- self-sufficient autocracy
- no undersea connections
- censorship
- Sahel Region
- West Africa, south of Sahara
- geographically isolated
- unattractive to FDI
- political instability
- low GNI
- West Africa, south of Sahara
- North Korea
- TNCs
- McDonald's
- Walt Disney
- Walmart
- Apple
- Tesco
- megacities
- Mumbai
- 21m
- lots of inequalities
- very polluted
- 21m
- Karachi
- 16m
- estimated 1/2 in slums
- 16m
- Mumbai
- migrants
- elite migrants
- Russian oligarchs
- own lots of property in London
- Russian oligarchs
- low-wage migrants
- 90% UAEs workforce
- very dangerous
- Morecambe Bay 2004
- elite migrants
- cultural erosion / difussion
- Papua New Guinea
- forgetting traditions and using 'Western' weapons
- China's changing diet
- eating more meat and fast food
- increasing diabetes and health problems
- eating more meat and fast food
- Canada's First Nations
- conflicts witth oil / gas companies exploiting land
- Papua New Guinea
- localism / sustainability
- Totnes: transition town
- Fairtrade
- conflicts
- Mekong River
- creating water conflicts and insecurity in multiple South-East Asian countries down from china
- dams for energy
- will worsen with climate change
- Mekong River
- IPEOs
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