Globalisation case studies

Question 1

China Open Door policy 1978

Answer 1

embraced globalisation, reduced poverty and boosted economy, creates SEZ

Question 2

China FDI into Ethiopia

Answer 2

• railway from Addis Ababa to landlocked port in Djibouti
• reduce high unemployment rate of 21.6%
• use of cleaner energy from hydroelectrics created a cleaner environment which helped reduce disease and contributed to the reduction of carbon emission
• Renewable energy sources made e.g. a Chinese company called the Sino Hydro Corporation invested in the construction of a new dam in the Omo river with 2150 megawatts of hydroelectric capacity which has been instrumental in guaranteeing a stable supply of power and helping Ethiopia to fulfil its plan of becoming a major electricity exporter

Question 3

DIsney

Answer 3

14 theme parks, 6 film/tv companies, 728 shops, cruise line, 5 record labels, employs 180000, plus 40000 suppliers in 70 countries

Question 4

M-PESA

Answer 4

mobile phone service in africa, 49.7m customers

Question 5

Zambia

Answer 5

landlocked, $20b FDI invested into copper, 186okm Tanzam railway

Question 6

Tanzania

Answer 6

fertile volcanic soils, volcanoes, tanzam railway, close to sahel

Question 7

china - global shift impacts

Answer 7

82 airports built, reduced poverty by 680 mil, urban incomes increased 10%, free education between 6-15, 3mil ha farmland polluted, 70% of rivers/lakes polluted, 360mil with no safe drinking water

Question 8

Mumbai

Answer 8

megacity, illegal squatters, Dharavi slum has 1mil/sq mile, 4000 cases per day of diphtheria

Question 9

China censorship

Answer 9

great firewall, 38 journalists jailed in 2017

Question 10

canada

Answer 10

First nations (indigenous peoples) affected by TNCs - resource exploitation eg fracking

Question 11

totnes

Answer 11

transition town - local pound, 6000 signed petition against Costa,

Question 12

fairtrade

Answer 12

reduces child labour, returns revenue to growers, products more expensive