Globalisation inequalities

Question 1

Examples of how does Globalisation cause interdependence

Answer 1

Economic- oil
Political- Syria migrant crisis
Social- Migration

Question 2

How do flows cause inequalities

Answer 2

Developed countries receive more benefits due to flow of labour, money, Technology and ideas

Question 3

How does unequal flows of people cause inequalities

Answer 3

• Developing to developed
• Migrants often do jobs others don’t want to do
• Brain drain a loss of skilled workers in mother country
• Remittances so not all unequal

Question 4

How does unequal flow of money cause inequalities

Answer 4

• Mainly developed to developing (Invest and exploit the natural resources and workers, developed country receive the benefit)
• FDI- Provides cheap access to material and low labour cost
• Host country benefits from expertise and may see improvements in living standards
• Countries may become dependent on Foreign aid

Question 5

How can global institutions promote inequalities

Answer 5

• World bank provides loans to LICs, which they have to pay back
• IMF and WB are based in US so developed countries have more say
• WTO aims to lower trade barriers, but developed countries keep them meaning less import from LICs

Question 6

How does technology create inequalities

Answer 6

• Technology is concentrated meaning select areas develop

- Developed have access to new tech meaning they can improve production etc, whereas LICs cannot