the movement of manufacturing from Europe and the USA to
many Asian countries, started in the 1970s and 1980s
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increasing connectedness between people and places across the planet, established through trade, politics and culture, and helped by technology and transport
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when a company re-styles its products to suit local tastes
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the same as Gross National Income, but excluding foreign
earnings
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the value of goods and services earned by a country
(excluding overseas earnings), formerly known as Gross
National Product (GNP)
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38 of the least developed countries with the greatest debts
which, since 1996, have been eligible to have their debts with
the IMF and the World Bank either cancelled or rescheduled, HIPC
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when a company expands at one level in the production
process
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areas where migrants move to
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a measure of development which takes into account life
expectancy, education and GDP for every country and
converts them into a value between 0 and 1
