benefits and threats of globalisation Introduction There are processes in the international order--driven by revolutions in communication and information technology--that exhibit seemingly inexorable globalising tendencies while, at the same time, there are a range of actions, adopted by states and non state actors alike, that attempt to resist these often ill defined phenomena captured by the all embracing notion of 'globalisation'. For example, the long term tendency towards freer trade, electronic commerce and the seemingly uncontrollable power of deregulated capital markets do...

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It was, as well, the only possibility for many countries to improve their economy: especially in Latin America, where Mexico just stopped refunding its debt because it couldn't pay anymore. ... For example, we can see in England and in America as well, that the differences in income between upper and lower social layers are larger than they have ever been since collection of income distribution statistics began at the end of the nineteenth century. ... Two third of the African countries depend on exportation but the problem is that their economy is usually based on one or two raw materi...

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According to this view, it makes little sense for America to produce textiles at home when they can be produced at a lower cost in Honduras or China (which unlike Honduras is a major source of American textile imports). Importing textile would benefit America as well as China. Firstly, it would lead to lower prices for clothes in America, which would enable consumers to spend more of their money on other items. ... Last year the Bush administration announced it would give American farmers an extra $175 billion during the next decades. The yearly subsidy the US gives just to American cotton far...

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In Africa and Latin America, for example, the richest 5 percent of the population earn almost 25 percent of the national income, while in industrial countries they earn only 13 percent (World Politics, pg.42). ...

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The UN has sponsored a Global Compact to establish and promote a shared set of core values in the areas of labour standards, human rights and environmental practices between the UN and the business community The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) develops economic and social policy for its 29 members, which include the countries of North America, Western Europe (including Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland) and Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand. ...

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Abstract During the last few decades the global economic landscape has significantly changed due to globalization. Globalization is the multifaceted process that increases the interconnection between the economies in terms of trade, capital and culture. Globalization has a profound effect that has experienced all the nations across the globe. An increase in the exposure to the global economies and the interconnectedness among the nations facilitate to enhance economic prosperity, promote economic prosperity, accelerates economic development. On the other hand, there are many adverse consequen...

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Introduction Goods and services have been traded internationally for centuries. Historically, this trade has been controlled by governments, either through force or through import and export taxes (tariffs), subsidies and other regulations. But, whatever the method of intervention, the aim has always been to maintain favourable terms of trade for the country exercising these measures. The support by government of national interests, through tariff and non-tariff measures, is known as "protectionism". The removal of such trade barriers, combined with improvements in international communicati...

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For example, Alan4 argues, that the increasing pressure of structural adjustment policies the depressed urban workers are forced to work in insecure and low paid informal sector in Latin America, namely Bogoto and Colombia. ...

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