Globalisation Flashcards
How long to reach Australia in 1940 compared to 2024?
40 days
23 hours
When did McClean develop containerisation?
1956
What % of sea borne trade does containerisation account for?
60%
When was the first railway?
1804
When was the first mobile phone? Who were the biggest mobile network provider by 2000?
1973
Vodafone
How many members has Facebook got?
2.9 billion monthly users
When was the KOF index founded? What does it show?
2002
The higher the score out of 100 the more globalised the country
When was the KAOPEN index established? What does it show?
2005
A country’s degree of openness
Barriers to globalisation
Physical
Political
Economic
The Sahel
North Korea
Ethiopia
What % of Ethiopias roads are unpaved?
85%
When did China join the World Trade Organisation?
December 2001
When did China introduce Special Economic Zones? Name 3
From 1978
Shenzhen
Shantou
Zhuhai
How many deaths does air pollution in China cause each year?
4000
How many people under the poverty line in India?
32%
How many jobs created by Apple’s investment in Hyderabad created?
4000
What percent of India’s 2008 GDP was comprised of agriculture?
17%
What % of Detroits population were lost in the last 10 years?
25%
What fraction of families in Detroit fall below the US poverty level?
1/3
In what year did Detroit declare bankruptcy?
2013
How many schools in Detroit have closed in the last decade?
70
What is the average house price in Detroit?
$6000
How many rubbish bags are collected daily in Mumbai?
1 million
How many people per toilet in Dharavi?
500
How many daily cases of disease in Dharavi?
4000
What is the population of Dharavi?
16 million
1 million per square mile
For every Russian who buys a house worth £10 million, how much do they contribute to the economy?
4.5 million a year
What % of all houses over 5 million £ are bought by Russians?
20%
How many Russians living in London?
100,000
European migrants pay what % MORE in taxes than they receive in Benefits?
34%
What % of people are unemployed in certain rural areas of Poland?
40%
How many more primary school places are needed to meet demands due to migration?
130,000
How many cultural groups in Papua New Guinea that have their own language? What proportion of these languages have been erased?
7000
1/4
At what score on the Air Pollution Index is a state of emergency declared?
Over 500
In 2013, what did responses to the British Social Attitude Survey demonstrate regarding migration?
77% of people wanted to reduce immigration
What % of Waste is recycled in the UK compared to in Mumbai?
20% UK
80% MUMBAI
Why do National Governments support FDI?
Because the influx of capital can increase economic growth, employment opportunities and tax revenues
What is Privatisation?
Transferring ownership of a business from the public sector to a private sector
Advantages of Trade Blocs
- Stability: 2007, the EU blocked £50 million worth of cheap Chinese goods from reaching the UK to protect domestic companies
- Free Trade and bigger markets - UK has a population of 65 million, EU has one of 508 million
How many EU countries have Tesco expanded into?
28
Disadvantages of Trade Blocs
- Loss of sovereignty - one of the biggest reasons why the UK left the EU in 2020
- Compromise and concession - countries must allow foreign firms to gain domestic market shares, sometimes at the expense of local companies
What does the AT Kearney Index show?
Produces a Global Cities Index which uses measures of business activity, human capital, information exchange and political engagement to rank cities
What industries dominate Mumbai as a result of global shift?
Finance, nuclear, tech
How long is the average gap between global shift and high FDI return?
15 years
Pros of global shift (2)
Reliable wages - $2-3 dollars a day can be triple rural pay
Poverty reduction - 600 million Chinese people lifted out of poverty between 1992-2015
Cons of global shift (3)
- Deindustrialised developed countries (Detroit)
- Unplanned Settlements (Dharavi)
- Environmental Pressure
Pros of Westernisation - Opportunities for disadvantaged groups
- The 1948 British Nationality Act granted former members of the British Empire right to work in the UK (Opportunities for Disadvantaged Groups)
What is the Gini Coefficient?
A scale between 0 and 1 that measures the degree of inequality. A number of 1 would mean that 1 person held all the wealth
Example of a Transition Town?
Exeter - an example of localism (prioritising local over global). The Exeter pound was launched in 2015 and encouraged people to shop locally.
What is fair trade?
Promotes fair terms of trade to benefit farmers and workers. Encourage employers to pay towards a living wage.
What did Exeter Community Energy (ECOE) do first?
Install 200 kwp of solar panels
What do transition Exeter wish to establish to reduce waste?
Community composting
