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Global Development Flashcards

1
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Define Globalisation?

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Widening, deeping, speeding up global interconnections

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What are the five dimensions of globalisation?

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Economic, Cultural, Political, Social, Biological

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What are examples of economic dimensions?

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International trade and foregin direct investment

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What are examples of cultural dimensions?

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Universalisation of culture

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What are examples of political dimensions?

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Global governance

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What are examples of social dimensions?

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Social networks

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What are examples of biological dimensions?

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Globalised health risks

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Outline the direction and nature of capital flows

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HICs -> LICs

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Outline the direction and nature of repatriation of profits

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LICs -> HICs

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Outline the direction and nature of aid

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HICs -> LICs

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Outline the direction and nature of remittances

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HICs -> LICs

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Outline the direction of raw materials

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LICs - NICs/HICs

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Outline the direction of product flow of low value manufactured products

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NICs - HICs

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Outline the direction of product flow of high value manufactured goods

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HICs - LICs

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What is the direction of flows of labour?

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LICs/NICs - HICs

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What is the direction of flows of services?

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High level services: HICs - HICs

Low level services: NICs - HICs

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What is the direction of flows of information?

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HICs - NICs/LICs

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What is the direction of flows of technology?

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HICs - NICs/LICs

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19
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Define glocalisation

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Products developed and distributed globally but adjusted to locals

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20
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Define global shift

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Movement of manufacturing from developed to non-developed countries

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What is interdependence?

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Places become dependent on one another

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What is economic interdependence?

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Reliance of economic growth

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What is social interdependence?

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Education as foregin exchange

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What is political interdependence?

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UN as global governments

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How have changes to the financial systems promoted globalisation?

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Deregulation of financial market

Global exchange and connectivity

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How has production promoted globalisation?

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  • Deindustrialisation
  • OUtsourcing/ offshoring
  • Economies of scale
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How has changing technology promoted globalisation?

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  • Satelite communication
  • Social media
  • Development of internet
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What is an argument for the importance of changing technology in promoting globalisation?

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  • Containerisation

> Reduced transport cost

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What is an argument against the importance of changing technology in promoting globalisation?

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Not everyone has access to the internet

- 40 percent of the world’s total population remains offline

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30
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What is an argument for the importance of trade blocs in promoting globalisation?
Example?

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Common external tariffs

trade increases

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What is an argument against the importance of trade blocs in promoting globalisation?
Example

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Trade diversion

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Define outsourcing

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Other companies produce at a lower cost

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What are the impacts of outsourcing?

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  • Deindustrialisation in HICs
  • Race to the bottom in LICs
  • Greater profits for TNCs
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34
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How have unequal flows of labour created inequality?

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  • Brain drain from LICs
  • Confliect between migrants and locals
  • Dependence on remittances
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35
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How have unequal flows of capital created inequality

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  • Foregin aid dependency
  • Influence governments
  • Profit repatriation
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Why do HICs dominate world trade/ have a better market access?

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  • Infrastructure is similar and developed
  • High value products
  • High market volume
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Economic impacts of poor market access

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  • Products are uncompetitive so cannot established new infant industries
  • Dependent on low value primary products
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Social impacts of poor market access

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  • Less employment

- Less money invested in health/ education

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39
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Define Race to the Bottom

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Everyone compete to supply and to compete they must lower prices

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Define comparative advantage

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Products a country can produce at a lower opportunity cost

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41
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Define economic zone

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Areas with different trade and investment rules to the test of a country

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Define primary product dependency

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Reliance on a raw material for export earnings

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43
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Three problems caused by primary product dependency

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  • Volatile prices
  • Supplies finite
  • Resource curse
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How have trade patterns have changed since the 1980s?

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  1. Increased ( x8 1990s)
  2. Triadic structure
  3. Slower growth of LICs
  4. Dominated by TNCs
  5. TRans pacific is now much faste
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Ways world investment patterns have changed since 1980s

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  1. Increased
  2. HIC -> HIC
    - Increasingly HIC -> NIC/LICs
  3. Increasing NIC investmet in NIC/LIC
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Define free trade

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No barrier to trade

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Positive of free trade

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  • Lower prices for consumers

- Weaken domestic monopolies

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Negatives of free trade

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  • Deindustrialisation

- Infant industries can’t develop

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Define fair trade

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  • Minimum fair trade price
  • Fair trade premium
  • Environmental standards
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What is a positive of fair trade

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Reduce price volatility and poverty

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What is a negative of fair trade

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Reduce incentive to diversify

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52
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Define tariff

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Tax on imports

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53
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Define import quotas

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Physical limit on the amount of goods

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54
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Define subsidies

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Grants given to domestic producers

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55
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Define embargoes

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Complete ban on trade

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What is the WTO and what does it do?

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Sets global trade rules promotes free trade

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What are positives of the WTO

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  • Promotes free trade

- Settles disputes

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What are negative of free trade

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  • Favours TNCs

- Requires consensus

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What are trade blocs?

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A group of countries who have joined together to promote trade

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What are two positives of trade blocs?

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  • Increase trade

- More negotiating power

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What are two negatives of trade blocs?

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  • Trade diversions

- Loss of sovreignity

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What is the IMF? What does it do?

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Monitors global economy

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What are two positives of the IMF?

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  • Prevents economic crisis

- 190 members/ inclusive

64
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What are two negatives of the IMF?

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  • Conditions attached to loans

- Voting powers based on monetary subscriptions

65
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What is the world bank? What does it do?

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Provides loans for developing projects

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What are two positives of the World Bank?

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  • Promotes economic development

- Loans are long term

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What are two negatives of the World Bank?

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  • Projects are top-down

- Loans do need to be repaid

68
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Who is involved in NAFTA?

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North American Free Trade Agreement

  • USA
  • Canada
  • Mexico
69
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Who is involved in the EU?

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European Union

  • France
  • Spain
  • Belgium
70
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Who is involved in the TPP?

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Trans Pacific Partnership

71
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Who is involved in the TTIP?

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Transatlantic Trade & Investment

72
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Two positives of NAFTA

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  • Increase Trade (Quadrupled)
  • Increased Foreign Direct Investment
    > In 2017, U.S. investors poured $391.2 billion into Canada and $109.7 billion into Mexico
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Two negatives of NAFTA

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  • Deindustrialisation
    > Labour moved to Mexico as it is cheaper
  • Mexico’s farmers put out of business
    > Mexico lost nearly 1.3 million farm jobs from 1994 to 2004
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What is special and differential treatment?

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WTO agreements contain special provisions which give developing countries special rights and allow other members to treat them more favourably

75
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What are positives of special and differential treatment?

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  • LDCs better market access

- Promotes economic development

76
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What are negatives of special and differential treatment?

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  • May be conditional

- 8-10 years to be LDCs accepted

77
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What is the UN?

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Promote and protect global peace and security

78
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What are two positives of the UN?

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  • Success of he MDGs

- Inclusive

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What are two negatives of the UN?

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  • Veto of power, 5 permanent members
  • Injustice
    > Rwandan Civil War
80
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What is a verticle integration?

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Company owns entire supply chain

eg Shell

81
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What is horizontal integration?

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Company own one level of a supply chain

eg Cadbury

82
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Who are the importers of bananas?

83
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Who are the exporters of bananas?

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African, Caribbean and Pacific

Latin America

84
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Which TNC dominates banana trade?

85
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What happened to Banana trade in 1975?

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LOME convention

86
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What happened to Banana trade in 1992?

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Europeans market farm

LOME convention integrated into a banana regulation 1993

87
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What happened between 1992-5 to banana trade?

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TNCs file complaints against the EU in the WTO. By 1997 the WTO rules against the EU

88
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What happened between 1999 to banana trade?

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Clinton administration imposes sanctions on the EU

89
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What happened in 2009 to banana trade?

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Geneva 2009 - EU agrees to gradually reduce tariffs on Latin American bananas

90
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How did the Banana trade dispute impact upon small-scale producers in the Windward islands?

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  • Smaller scale so couldn’t compete (higher prices as no economies of scale)
  • Decline in profits/economic decline as exports decreased
  • Race to the bottom
91
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What is the Belt and Road Initiative?

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network of overland road, rail and pipeline corridors and maritime routes through ports and shipping lanes

92
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Who funded the Belt and Road Initiative?

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Chinese Sovereign wealth funds

93
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What are positive of the Belt and Road Initiatives?

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  • Up to 70million lifted out of poverty
  • reduced concentration of power in the west
  • benefits of mutually beneficial cooperation/investment in infrastructure increases development
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What are negatives of the Belt and Road Initiatives?

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  • Loans are high risk
  • China can gain political leverage/form of new colonialism
  • May result in new debt crisis
95
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What are environmental impacts of increasing interdependence and globalisation?

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  • Pressure on finites resources
  • Increased transportation (enhanced greenhouse effect)
  • More waste due to increased packaging
96
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What are positives of the impacts of APPLE on China?

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  • 40% higher wages than local firms

- Creation of jobs

97
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What are negatives of the impacts of APPLE on China?

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  • Sweatshop conditions
  • 2010 50 workers at Lianjian Tech poisoned
  • 2009-2010 14 suicides
98
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Define Global governance

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rules, norms and laws that make and remake global systems

- Deals with issues that cannot be solved by any one state

99
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Examples of global governance

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  • World Trade Organisation
  • World Health organisation
  • International Monetary fund
100
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What is the Paris Agreement?

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  • Carbon emission reduction
  • Voluntary system of pledges
  • Track progress
  • Green climate fund
101
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What are the positives of the Paris Agreement?

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  • Holding warming to 1.5’C would slow sea level rise

- 180 countries have submitted pledges

102
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What are the negatives of the Paris Agreement?

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  • No enforcement of pledges

- Current pledges if met only guarantee 3.5C

103
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How do TNCs from links?

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  • Mergers
  • Acquisitions
  • Outsourcing
  • Global supply chains
104
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What is a global common?

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Resources with no national governance/ outside domain of any one nation state
Jointly shared by all people
Bring economic benefits to all

105
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What are the four global commons?

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  • High seas
  • Atmosphere
  • Outer space
  • Antartica
106
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Define common heritage of mankind

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Some localities belong to all humanity and the resources are available for everyone’s use and benefit

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Define Tragedy of the commons

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Common access to resources inevitably results in resources being over-exploited as individuals put their needs and desire not to lose out over the collective need

108
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What is NGO?

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Non-Governmental Organisation

109
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What is Advocacy NGO?

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Campaigns to raise awareness

110
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What is Operational NGO?

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Frontline support services for those in need

111
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What is the UN? What does it do?

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Promote/ protect

Global peace and security/human rights/ human development

112
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What are the positives of the UN?

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  • Success of the Millenium Development Goals
  • Improved stability eg Gulf War
  • Inclusive
113
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What are the negatives of the UN?

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  • veto power of 5 permanent members of the security council

- general assembly is advisory

114
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What is vertical integration?

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Company owns entire supply chain

115
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What is horizontal integration?

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company owns one level of a supply chain

116
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Which international treaty protects the high seas?

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UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

117
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Which international treaty protects space?

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Moon Treaty

118
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Which international treaty protects Antartica?

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Antarctic Treaty System

Protocol on Environmental Protection

119
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Which international treaty protects Atmosphere?

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UN Framework Convention on climate change

120
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Three reasons why globalisation poses as a threat to the high seas:

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  • increased international trade/increased potential markets > overfishing/pollution/acificication
  • development/transfer of transport technology > inaccessible areas become accessible > overfishing/mining
  • increase in industry/outsourcing > discharge of chemical waste/acidification of oceans
121
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What is the Antarctic convergence zone?

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Warmer sub-Antarctic and colder Antarctic water’s meet > upwelling of warm water returns nutrients to the surface > increased photosynthesis > high primary productivity

122
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What is the Antarctic circumpolar current?

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Surface current which flows eastward around Antarctica and blocks warmer waters travelling south

123
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What is isostatic depression?

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Sinking of crust into the asthenosphere due to heavy weight of glacial ice

124
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What is the importance of antarctic convergence zone?

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Creates a zone of high primary productivity by returning unusable nutrients to the surface

125
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What is the precipitation like in Antarctica?

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low - less than 50mm per year

126
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What is the Katabatic winds?

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strong downhill flowing winds (highlands radiate heat and cool > more dense)

127
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What is the temperature like in Antarctica?

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Low (average -49C)

128
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How is tourism posed as a threat to Antarctica?

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  • evidence breeding sites of birds near Antarctic bases distrubed
  • pollution - MV Explorer sinking and oil spills; Mount Erebus Air Crash
129
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How is tourism seen as a good thing for Antarctica?

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Raise awareness of need for conservation (Scott Polar Research Institute)

130
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Ways climate change poses as a threat to Antarctica

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  • Western sea ice shrinking (+3C)

- ocean acidification > damage to plankton/marine snails > impact on food web

131
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Ways whaling and fishing poses as a threat to Antarctica

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  • Whales decreased from 275, 000 prior to 19th century > 2000 1964
  • long-line fishing > species such as Patagonian toothfish endangered
132
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Ways mineral search poses as a threat to Antarctica

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  • increasing population/development > increased demand

- technological advances

133
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What is the international Convention for the regulation of whaling?

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Complete protection of certain whale species; designated areas as whale sanctuaries in Southern ocean; limits on numbers and size of whales.

134
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What is the International Whaling Moratorium?

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ban on commercial whaling

135
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What are two strengths of the Moratorium?

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  • decreased levels of whaling

- allowed whale stocks to recover/preventing extinction

136
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What are two negatives of the Moratorium?

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  • agreements on the moratorium require a majority vote (¾) (equal pro/con members so unlikely)
  • voluntary - can exempt yourself by lodging a complaint: Russia objected; Norway/Iceland continue to whale
137
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What is the Antarctica treaty system?

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should be used for peaceful purposes; should cooperate on/share scientific research; remain a global common

138
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Two strengths of the Antarctic treaty system

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  • Set aside territorial claims

- successful disarmament regime

139
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Two negatives of the Antarctic treaty system

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  • freezes territorial claims but doesn’t negate them

- consensus needed so slow (failure to implement Antarctic Marine reserves)

140
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What is the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition?

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Group of 30 NGOs

141
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What are positives of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition?

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  • campaigned to make Antarctic Treaty meetings more transparent
  • monitor environmental changes e.g. krill and whaling population levels
142
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what are negatives of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition?

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  • cannot make a direct impact

- more difficult to gain international governments attention

143
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What is the protocol on Environmental protection to the Antarctic Treaty?

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Nature reserve, all activities must have an environmental impact assessment, ban mining

144
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What are positives of the protocol?

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  • Protrcts the global common for damage

- Prevents the tragedy of commons- mining

145
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What are negative of the protocol?

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  • Ban on mining prohibition in 2048 could be overturned

- Environmental audits are mainly of bases onland and not those in maritime areas

146
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What is the convention on the regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resources?

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An agreement to manage the exploitation and development of Antarctica’s non-renewable resources - did not pass

147
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What is the International Association of Tour Operators?

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Self-regulates tourism in Antarctica eg guidelines: limite numbers of visitors taken ashore; encourage conservation talks; prohibits leaving waste

148
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What is the United Nations Environment Programme?

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UN agency governings the world’s environment reports Antarctic activity to the UN

149
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What are positives of the UN Environment Programme?

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  • Discuss questions of Antarctica on a global scale
150
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What are the negatives of the UN Environment Programme?

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  • Relies on voluntray donations

- Part of the general assembly so lacks decision making/direct impact

151
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What are international laws?

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Legally binding rules established through international agreements

152
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What are international norms?

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Accepted standards of behaviours

153
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What are international institutions?

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Political and legal organisations that pass laws/discuss issues/ disputes on an international scale eg UN and WTO

154
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What are environmental imapcts of increasing interdependence and globalisation?

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  • Increased pressure on finite resources/ depletion of non-renewables
  • Increased transportation (greenhouse effect)
155
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Positives social impacts of increasing interdependence and globalisation

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  • Greater access to foreign culture

- Increased awareness of global events

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Negatives social impacts of increasing interdependence and globalisation

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  • Loss of cultural diversity

- Spread of propaganda

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