key words Flashcards
key flows in globalisation
capital/money
prdocucts and labour
services and global marketing
patterns of p, d and consumption
key dimensions in globalisation
finance
communication
transport
trade agreements
global systems examples
ECONOMIC - world bank, IMF
SOCIAL - world bank
ENVIRONMENT - IPCC
flows of capital
between core (power) and periphery (developing) regions can be used for trade, investment or business production
flows include remittances
aid and repatriation, often preventing development in LICs
define globalisation
process where the world is becoming increasingly interconnected on a varitey of scales
through the development of new technologies and driven by a number of factors
resulting in a borderless world
example of remitances …..
in somalia, 40% population reliant on remittances to cover basic needs
lapse in security meant in 2012 aid from UK and US began to falter
there is also little governemnt regulation in the area so more and more are reliant on these payments
without globalisation these people would not cope…
flows of product and labour
low skilled in LIC, high skilled in HIC in quaternary sector
a rise in economic migrants
> 5 million from south asia to west asis between 2005 and 2010
often produced in LIC now following global shift
also an increasing demand for products