paper 3 questions

Question 1

Study Figure 5 and Figure 6 in the Resource Booklet, which show the ‘top ten’ globalised countries according to two indices.

Analyse the contrasting results of these measurements of globalisation (8 marks)

Answer 1

In both figures there are Denmark, Switzerland and Signapore, Ireland and Netherlands
9/10 In Europe fig. 5
4/10 in Europe fig 4.
Smaller countries have less resources so they need to trade and encourage migration, so they need higher levels of economic and political globalisation
EU countries have higher globalisation scores
US has great global power due to high level of globalisation
Higher globalisation = higher Technological connectivity in US
US scores low in personal and economic, but high in Tech. suggesting choice of variable has high impact on outcome
Figure 5 had quite similar scores
Figure 6 has a larger range

Question 2

Evaluate the view that developing countries have much to learn from Singapore (24 marks)

Answer 2

To a small extent, DC have much to learn from Singapore
What can DC learn from singapore:
-500 to 55000 GDP
On the other hand:
Question reliablitity of data as migrant worker’s income is excluded

Tax haven:
attractive to rich TNCs and businesses,
-but, detracts from inverstment put back into Singapore (adds to inwequality- Gini coefficient)
-describe Lorenz curve as evidence for inequality
-Figure 2: majority of people earn less than 48000, supports large gap between incomes (no min. wave- exploitation of migrant workers)

Negative:
same political in power (corruption?) but countered by corruption score
Political segregation (media controlled by covernment)

Positive:
no social segregation- same high rise buildings
good social globalisation (trade with Indonesia and malaysia)

Negative:
Water insecurity
Carbon footprint high but they encourage Public transport
not sustainable