Global Gov Flashcards
give an example of a law and regulation put in place that affects what we can do to our environment?
Montreal protocol (1987)- called for drastic reduction in the production of CFCs internationally
what is it called when countries share things with each other?
flows
what are the different flows in globalisation?
- capital
- labour
- products
- services
- information
what are capital flows?
movement of money fro the purpose of investment, trade or business
what are flows of labour?
movement of people who move to work in another country
what are product flows?
flows of physical goods
what are service flows?
known as ‘footloose’ meaning they can locate anywhere without contrasts from other resources or obstacles. e.g. call centres
what are information flows?
information flowing from one country to another SMS
some of the worlds major flows occur between 4 main groups what are they?
core regions- HICs
Periphery regions- NEEs
International Monetary Fund- International corporation that aims to ‘foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability’
the world bank- ‘ a group of global institution that give out loans for development or relief
what are the three types of migration?
economic migrants- people who have moved voluntarily for reasons of work and improved QOL
refugees- people who have been forced to leave there countries due to conflict, political or religious persecution. granted residency by the host or UNHCR
asylum seekers- people who have left their country and are seeking asylum in another.
what is international labour flows?
flows from one country to another. 3-4% of the worlds population are International migrants
where is the majority of international migration?
HICs 14.1%
LICSs 1.6%
what continents are the three major labour flows between?
asia
europe
africa
what area Asias labour flows?
63 million people moved to a different area of Asia, making largest labour flows. 5 million migrated from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain. for better jobs
Europes labour flows?
41 million moved to other areas within Europe.
Germany holds the largest amounts of European migrants. (1.9 mil).
uk 2nd largest amounts (1.2 mil)
Africas labour flows
19 mil move within African countries
what are the largest labour flows between continents?
Latin America and caribbean to NA
Asia to Europe
Asia to NA
explain Asia to Europes labour flows?
20 million migrants move to Europe from Asia. Germany has highest amount of 1,000,000 from Kazakhstan. Englands largest Asian pop from India 840,000
where do highly skilled workers move to? give an example?
HICs for higer wages
NHS- 63.4% all doctors in uk are trained here
what are product flows?
movement of produced goods from an area of production to consumption
in 2015 what was the value of world trade of food and manufactured commodities?
$25 trillion
in the past where were goods manufactured?
HICS
what has happened in recent years with where goods are manufactured?
international trade has created major flows, due to techno advances products now produced in LICs. lower labour costs= offshoring. produced at low price sold high price
what has happened to the employment in the manufacturing business since 1985?
3.4 million job decrease