Globalization can be defined as the system of interaction among the countries of the world in order to develop the global economy. It also refers to the integration of economics and societies all over the world (http://hotbabefatchicks.hubpages.com/hub/Definition-of-Globalization).
Globalization can be both advantageous and detrimental to developing countries. Some of its advantages are increased external finance, improved technology and political conformism. Disadvantages of globalization include death of small and medium businesses, loss of cultural identity and the effect of foreign policies on domestic economic development. Let us take a closer look at these consequences of globalization.
Increased external finance: Globalization implies that businesses from other countries will come invest in people and resources so as to produce their products. This type of investment means that they will bring money from their countries to buy or rent offices, purchase raw materials, hire staff, advertize etc (Stallings, 2000).
These foreign businesses lead to a substantial inflow of external finance for developing economies. External finance helps developing nations to improve areas that the government might not be delivering on properly. For example, In Lagos, Nigeria, global companies like MTN, Chevron and Coke fund local transportation. They purchase buses for the state government, pay for their maintenance and subsidize transport fares. This has helped improve commuting in Lagos from the use of dilapidated buses to cozy, functional vehicles that Nigerians can enjoy using.
Improved technology: Allowing foreign business to operate in developing countries provides an opportunity for these companies to introduce state of the art tech...
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Our global world is being more connected as we become integrated politically, socially and even economically. Due to the Bretton woods agreement, different countries have been economically dependent on each other in fear for war to erupt. From then on different organizations and policies tied more countries into being economic globalized. This economic globalization had then given us many opportunities in trades and more access to natural resources in other countries. Unfortunately, there are some negative effects that are brought to less developed country. Overall, many people believe that economic globalization does a great work on accumulating our economy and our quality of life.
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(Bilton et al 1996:5) The process of globalization has certainly had many changing effects to the world we live in; it has also changed the way many factors operate. Globalization is said "to have transformed the structure and scale of human relationships that social, cultural, political, and economic processes now operate at a global scale with a consequent reduction in the significance of other geographical scales. "(The Dictionary of human geography 2004:315) Globalization has had both positive and negative effects on a local, national, international and global level. Globalization often brings benefits at one level which cause negative effects at another, these results and the scale at which they manifest are often uncertain and unpredictable.
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