Dramatic decreases in transport costs and the rise of fast and cheap telecommunications technology have made geography less relevant and facilitated massive increases in global trade and new forms of multinational production. ... Some argue that an expanding global economy provides new opportunities for the developing world to integrate into global markets and to achieve rapid rises in living standards "pointing" to ongoing global growth and a reduction in absolute poverty. ... International politics has played a key role in converting new technological opportunities such as travel and co...

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It has taken off as a concept in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union and of socialism as a viable alternate form of economic organisation. ... There was a big expansion in world trade and investment in the late nineteenth century. ... Pro-globalisation International organisations: The World Trade Organisation (WTO) was established in 1995 to administer the rules of international trade agreed to by its 123 member countries. ... The WTO also covers trade in services, whereas GATT only covered trade in goods. ... United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is a perm...

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But this question is prior to that posed by this Asia Pacific Roundtable; that is, what are the benefits and costs stemming from globalisation? ... The benefits--especially enhanced aggregate economic welfare--are better understood than the costs. While the costs are in many ways the other side of the benefit coin, what they are, and what their impact might be, remains hotly contested. It is for this reason that this paper focuses primarily on the costs. ... Part 4 draws seven lessons for the future that emanate from the identification of these costs and the Conclusion argues that the fail...

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