The Advantages and Disadvantages of Globalization
Prepared by
Ummul Wara
November 2012
Content 1. Introduction - What is Globalization?............................................1 2. Advantages of globalization……………………………………….…2 3. Disadvantages of globalization………………………………….…..4 4. Conclusion – to globalize or not to globalize……………………….6 5. References
Introduction - What is globalization?
Globalization can be defined as ‘international integration’, which can be described as the process by which the people of the world are unified into a single society and functioning together. This process is a combination of economic, technological, and political forces (dictionary.com).
In simple words, globalization means barrier
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Globalization builds good relationship between countries as they exchange products. Trade agreements like NAFTA, WTO, EU and ASEAN etc. are done to make the tie stronger and for the ease of trading with each other. It helps to avoid conflicts among countries, promotes understanding and goodwill.
Globalization has shrunk the world. People can now have access to any market or any product they want very easily. We can buy Japan made camera without actually going to Japan, we can eat Iranian food in our university campus in Kuala Lumpur, can find coke and Mc D at any corner of the world, China can sell its products at very cheap price to consumers all over the world, Paris can get consumer for their fashion trend even outside their country.
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Disadvantages of Globalization –
The negative effects of globalization come like a fringe with its advantages. As countries companies and consumers are benefitted through globalization process, it is also bringing some disadvantages for them.
Companies move to developing and third world countries for cheaper production cost. In those countries may be they do not need to provide the workers any benefits and the salary requirement is lower compared to what they had to pay in the home country. In this way the industrialized countries exploit the labor force of less economically developed country. They pay them less but earn more profit (by reducing labor expense). Child labor is also an
The globalization is important is because it helps a community in gaining international recognition. Globalization gets people all over the world all sorts of materials like food and cloth because companies and people and governments interact with different nations. Globalization could be positive and negative to many people around the world. Some positive things globalization does is boost the ongoing competition between countries all over the world. Globalization helps out the United States with material and cloth by example when people in the United States look at their shirts they will most likely see "Made In China".
Globalization to me is when countries around the world expand their economic and financial dealings, communications, and political and cultural views with other developed and developing nations, with the hope of expanding worldwide economic growth and lessening poverty. International trade is a means of accomplishing this end.
Globalization can be seen as a major threat for manufacturing jobs in the developed world, however, can also be a benefit for developing world citizens who receive thousands of jobs a year although they don’t receive a high salary. Maurice Allais, a French economist states that this unemployment, of course, has only been able to develop because of the existence of low salaries and insufficient flexibility in the labor market (April 10th, 1999). This indicates that globalization has jeopardized Western countries jobs because companies are moving their establishments to developing countries where they don’t need to pay employees as much and where land is cheaper so overall businesses benefit from this. Also, employees in the developed world are at risk of becoming redundant as they are susceptible to face pay cuts in jobs. Employees are less skilled in the developing world as they don’t receive the benefit of an education like developed countries do. So a company may want to build factories in these countries because environmental laws aren’t as strict. Establishments in these areas provides promising jobs for the local people and allows them to learn new skills, however they are set on minimum wage which in developed world countries, this would not be enough to live on, wherein third world countries this is still a low amount so this is not enough to bring them out of poverty meaning that the only one who benefits from this is the company. Although there have been several arguments against exploitation and oppression, the majority of developing countries do not have existing laws which take minimum wage
As we know it each country possesses its own culture, technology and production. Due to the geographic region they are located; they produce different kind of product. In the past it was difficult and costly for a country to consume and enjoy other country goods and service, but the globalization have change the situation. It bring a lot of change and advantage, and the change sometimes have negative impact on society, culture, economy, politic, technology and social life of the people of a nation.
With the roster of the mentioned disadvantages and advantages Globalization culminates also effective facts. The following are considered the
After my in-depth analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of globalization I’ve concluded that the above statement is untrue. My opinions have largely been shaped and formed by the works which I have referenced but I find they remain authentic in their perspective. I believe that Globalization’s consequences have been primarily positive for developing countries. Although I am against the above statement I do not believe the consequences to be completely positive. There have undoubtedly been many defects as a result of globalization but they do not out-weigh the positive effects on the economies of the developing countries. Without Globalization developing countries would lack much of the political, health and education services, trade, developments in technology and environmental factors that they have to date, which I will discuss throughout this essay. Without it developing countries would not have been able to access the markets of developed countries which have boosted the quality of life, economic growth and productivity in developing countries. However, Globalization has also increased problems such as inequality, pollution, unemployment and the spread of diseases which are all
At present, economy globalization, which can be defined as the expanding world integration through trade, financial flow and knowledge, has significant effect on developed and developing countries. We are living in a world where people can communicate efficiently and enjoy the freedom of exchange of goods and capital. Due to the economic globalization, the material life today is more colorful than before. However, there are also some arguments about this issue. The advantages of it are pleasing while the disadvantage should not be ignored at the same time. In this essay, the both sides of economic globalization will be discussed.
Globalization progressed and many advantages like economic growth, education and opportunities of employment were made.
People around the world are more connected to each other than ever before. Information and money flow quicker than ever. Products produced in one part of a country are available to the rest of the world. It is much easier for people to travel, communicate and do business internationally. This whole phenomenon has been called globalization. Spurred on in the past by merchants, explorers, colonialists and internationalists, globalization has in more recent times been increasing rapidly due to improvements in communications, information and transport technology. It has also been encouraged by trade liberalization and financial market deregulation.
Globalization is a process of integration between companies, trade, goods, and people. There are many benefits of globalization, including free trade, free movement and also promotes economic growth. There are also many problems with globalization, including spread of diseases, not good for the environment, and the seek of cheap labor. In total, globalization is more positive than it is negative.
Globalization 3.0: It shrank the world from small to tiny flat. During this period the shift was from Countries competing to companies competing to individuals competing.
Globalisation is the process where world communicates through technology, politics and trade. It is a method of communication and combination among the individuals, businesses, and managements of different countries. Globalisation means a mostly economic event, mixture of national economic organisations and the fast increase in cross-border economic, cultural and technological exchange (The Australian APEC study centre, 2002). Globalisation has affected various nations in a different way such as Economically, Socially and politically. Globalization helps to increases an International Trade, mainly creation of new trade treaty between the developing and developed countries. Globalization binds nations together (Tverberg, G., 2013). The most important thing of globalization is impact on environment is that, there is an improvement on use of resources and awareness. There is a worldwide market for the companies and customers which creates good way to get product easily from different countries. This creates steady cash flow into developing countries thus globalization has more benefited to developing countries than developed countries (Jessicahbrt/March 2007). Many people believe that globalization has benefited developed country more than developing countries. However, I strongly disagree that globalization has benefited developed countries more than developing countries. As developing countries has many benefits and developed countries faces some problems due to
Either we agree or not about its benefits, globalization is a force that, according to my view, is impossible to stop. The positive aspects of globalization such as ubiquity, instant communications, access to any good among others are so compelling, and, given that negative aspects are difficult to assess in the short run, it is easy to conclude that the world would not give up those benefits even if faced with evidence such as the one showed on this week paper.
Globalization is the spread of political, social, and economic, ideas worldwide, creating a standard across countries. Globalization, while it has its faults has been able to propel developing countries into prosperous world powers, especially economically. Globalization allows for the spread of ideas throughout the whole world and creates a sense of interconnectedness among countries. There are three main categories of globalization, political, social, and economic. While there are faults with globalization relating to the social and political repercussions on developing countries, economically it allows for developing countries to flourish. This allows for developed countries to reap the same benefits as developed world powers. Through
Globalization is an extremely complicated issue, especially for poor nations who really do not benefit from all that globalization can provide to developed nations.