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Globalisation,- international political/economic organisations: role of WTO, IMF, World bank
- national governments and free trade blocs: EU, ASEAN, NAFTA
- SEZs: China's open door policy
- role of TNCs: Jaguar Land Rover
- switched off to globalisation: North Korea (political) , Zambia (land locked), Tanzania (economic)
- global shift: China, India
- env. problems in developing countries ?
- deindustrialisation: leicester
- megacities: Karachi, mumbai
- elite migrants: russian oligarchs
- low wage migration: filipimo female workers move to middle east for low wage jobs in rich households, they
return $28bn in remittances (9.8%)
- cultural diffusion: Disney, paralympics, changing diets in asia
- cultural erosion: Papua New Guinea tribal culture
- resisting cultural change: france, china, iran
- widening inequality: panama, asia, africa
- env. tensions: transboundary water conflict in Nile, extremism in Europe (far right)
- attempts to control spread of globalisation: great firewall of China (digital divide?), Japan (migration limitations),
trade protectionism (France - l'exception culture), North Korea (no internet access)
- Canada (protecting cultural identity - first nations)
- transition towns: totnes
- fair trade
- recycling: keep britain tidy
,Role of WTO, IMF, World Bank
IMF: organization in Washington that lends money to poorer developing nations
- LEDCs fall into debt with their industries privatised
World Bank: loans money to developing nations with aim of improving
development
- promote LEDCs to increase their debts and limit the government's
sovereignty
WTO: liberalise trade by removing tariffs, subsidies and quotas
- failed to prevent EU and USA from implementing protectionist measures
, tax havens
- apple paid tax rate of 0.005% in Ireland
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