This Document addresses the advantages and disadvantages of the term “Globalization” for developing countries. Some social, economic and environmental issues are discussed in the paper.
This Document addresses the advantages and disadvantages of the term “Globalization” for developing countries. Some social, economic and environmental issues are discussed in the paper.
Hosein Rahmati
Hosein Rahmati
Globalization, Pros And Cons For Developing Countries
January 2012
Globalization, Pros And Cons For Developing Countries
January 2012
Globalization could be defined as the contemporary trend in all aspects of human life such as cultural, economic and business, political, educational and ... to reduce or remove barriers between
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2- Disadvantages:
Spread of Economic Crisis to the Other Countries:
As the countries’ economies integrate together, they will be affected more by each other problem.
As we know the 2008, financial crisis began from USA and spread out to other countries. The closer economic relations with USA, the more affected by USA crisis.
Depletion of Resources:
As the investors come to developing countries, they use the natural resources of destination country, with low prices. So the consumption of these resources will increase considerably, leading to depletion of resources and probably lack of resources in the future.
Environmental Pollution:
Investors prefer to establish their factories or businesses in the countries that less strict about the environmental regulations. In addition, developing countries do not have up to date environmental regulation, inherently. In addition, they have to be attractive for international investors. Therefor developing countries usually are the more environmental polluting countries in the world.
Cultural Consequences:
One of the aspects of globalization is more cultural interaction between nations of different countries. But in most of cases, the culture or county will be dominant to other cultures that have more advanced tools to promote their culture, such as Medias, products, well-known celebration or events. In addition, developing countries cultures have less self-confidence against the symbols of the
That this was also the decade in which globalization came into full swing is more than a minor inconvenience for its advocates” (Rodrick). If globalization is supposed to present an advantage to developing countries, why have there been so many setbacks? Indeed, both sides will have its winners and losers regardless of which side of the development coin they live on, but for the most part globalization has lifted millions out of poverty, improved the standard of living, and increased life expectancy rates all while keeping developed nations relatively competitive to their developing counterparts. Globalization’s value is that it seeks to create an economic equilibrium in the world, where parties are free from barriers and can benefit from one another through a more efficient allocation of resources. This allows all participating nations to contribute to an integrated economy and where all nations willing to embrace globalization have the potential to benefit. Regardless, the path to successful integration to the global economy has not always been easy. There is contention towards globalization as some argue that it is detrimental to developed nations, while many developing countries that were forced to hastily open up their markets and integrate failed. However, if implemented properly, globalization has proven that it can benefit all parties involved and that the potential gains outweigh the losses.
- Globalization is a process of increasing integration and the result of economic, cultural and political interdependence among countries. Globalization has been a controversial debate, since this phenomenon has affected the world in several ways. Consequently, there are plenty of economic, cultural and political arguments in favor of and against it. Some arguments in favor of globalization are that it promotes democracy, creates jobs (by dividing labor around the world), promotes knowledge and an interconnected world, and makes the world “borderless.” On the other hand, globalization is evil because transnational corporations exploit workers abroad, countries lose their own identities, promotes consumerism, destroys the environment and, most importantly, instead of improving a country’s society and economy, it actually creates more poverty.
Globalization, especially economic globalization is one of greatest concerns of our generation that has more negative effects than it can benefit developing nations.. This is an economic system that has been conceived by capitalist nations, multinational, and the worlds largest cooperate bodies through carefully propagated policies to facilitate movement of their goods, products, investing capital, and ambitions. Their main driving tool is an idea called international free trade. What stimulates their interest is the ambition to get rich and richer. With the aid of communication, transport technological development, and other induced free trade, but unjust policies, economic globalization has gained a lot of grounds over the years. Very few developing nations have gained from it but majority of the developing nations continue to be penalized by the global economic village ideology. This is because the drive has not been balanced by intentions to give everyone
Globalization over the past twenty has become an issue in many countries. This industrialization of second and third world countries by Western Civilization creates many opportunities for the inhabitants. Not only does it expand trading markets, but also promotes productivity and efficiency; thus improving the country and integrating it into the industrial world. This process not only benefits third world counties, but also industrialized nations by allowing them to export goods to the developing world and increase their profit margin.
Developing countries are adversely affected by globalization, especially in economy area. Globalization is a process which the world interconnection keeps increasing so it is possible to trade or exchange cultures conveniently. In the past, it was anticipated to develop a whole of countries’ economy or technology and solve some environmental issues such as air pollution or global warming. Unfortunately, until these days, the result of globalization does not reach 50% of economists’ expectation. The major reason of the evaluation is in spite of the fact that it provides advantages, globalization increase the gap between rich and poor. One of the biggest victims is developing countries. They suffer a great loss from the drawbacks of globalization. These are excessive outflows of brain and money, excessive competition in the world market, and Increase of economic polarization.
An economic marvel has grasped countries around the world, the scope of which only continues to grow—globalization. From our favourite retail chains to the producers of our cellphones and computers, globalization influences every aspect of our lives. The emergence of the phenomenon of globalization in the 1980’s has positively impacted the international economic community, by reducing trade barriers and in turn creating jobs, innovated technology, as well as stimulating economic growth in developing countries.
Based on my understanding thus far, the biggest debates regarding globalization I see is: does globalization work, globalization causes for inequality and exploitation among developing nations while wealthier nations prosper, what are the skepticisms of globalization, and how can globalization be a positive and successful aspect to the world. All of these debates arise because many key players understand that globalization has many positive and negative aspects about it; therefore, there is a large debate in if it truly works as an option for societies to truly use it. According to sociologist Cees Hamelink, there are many skeptics who debate if globalization truly works; however, “skeptics of globalization offer insights on how what seems to be “growth” and “mobility” to supporters is actually limited by various factors. Skeptics argue that globalization may seem great on the surface with its movements of growth and prosperity for everyone; however, as they support their claims, globalization to them is only about the benefits of the wealthy and less of the middleman. They see the global market as a means of investments for larger companies who benefit in specific regions rather than a “so called global economy” with various nations’ having companies benefiting from trade. Therefore, they find the global economy and financial markets to be, in essence “fake,” meaning, these skeptics only see limitations for many smaller countries and only a few powerful countries prosper. Skeptics also make the argument against supporters that globalization points out the disparity amongst people rather than growth in expanding networks and communication. They point this out because not every person has a smartphone, a computer, a tablet, or other network device, which limits their vote in being active in global communication. It also means not everyone has access to becoming a part of the global market nor does it mean they can all share the same “good life” that supporters talk about. Therefore, global integration to skeptics is not equally spread worldwide, so, there is a difference in the visibility and availability amongst consumers in a global market.
During the last decade of the twentieth century, the word ‘globalization’ has become an increasingly prominent feature of political, social, and economic discussion in academic and policymaking circles, as well as in the media. The processes and outcomes of globalization drew attention and debates that had one thing in common. The research shows that nearly everyone agrees that globalization is a trend that is changing the face of the world, and as a result the world society lives in a more ‘globalized’ world. Nearly two and a half decades passed since 1990s, and studies have been conducted to examine the causes and consequences of globalization. Moreover, nearly every person experiences some type of globalization and can testify firsthand the effects it has on their life, society, and the state. The analysis of the effects that globalization dynamics have on the world society indicates that globalization has a significant positive impact via spreading opportunities and wealth across nations, stimulating innovation and productivity, enhancing the economic development of poorer countries, and helping to improve living standards.
We have seen the main aspects of Globalisation and his mechanisms during this report. Now we are going to explain the difference between globalisation and internationalisation. This are two words very close but not similar. Firstly, we will define internationalisation rigorously, and then we will see what internationalisation in the world is. We will try to explain the main stage. We also define globalization to be able to compare the two terms. Finally we underline the differences and similarities of globalisation and internationalisation.
If you were to travel anywhere in the world and ask their people what “McDonalds” is, the likelihood of that person knowing the renowned food chain is skyrocketing by year. This is because of Americanization, which is basically the spreading of American cultures and traditions. Americanization is one of the biggest parts of globalization to date. Globalization is the idea of countries getting more and more involved with each other; becoming more and more interconnected. Essentially, increased globalization has a severe impact on several different aspects of general life, but overall, the effects are far more positive.
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).
Despite number of analytical work, publication on globalization the subject remain unspecifiable or rather should say ill-defined regarding concept, history, and economic, cultural and political involvement (Scholte 2005). Yet theorists, researchers try to describe the term or the phenomena as simply as possible. There are two ways the word “globalization” can be used again adding more to the confusion. It can be used in a positive way describing a process into the global economy and another in a systematic way prescribing a know-how of progress founded on rapid integration with the global economy. Trade, investment and finance at the international level are the three economic expositions of the phenomenon. It is about development of economic activities not within but beyond national borders. It can simply be described as a process which has association with growing free economy, interdependency based on economy and thickening economic integration in the world economy. (Nayyar 2006).
Globalization refers to the concept of the world as a whole (Robertson, 1992), and people in the world are integrated into a single world society (Albow & King, 1990). Globalization is the process of world shrunk, distances shorten, and things closeness, that increases and benefits the interaction between any person on a location of the world and someone over the other side of the world (Larsson, 2001). Globalization intensifies the global interconnections, links different parts of the world in a way that local events can be resulted from happenings that occur in other localities and vice versa (Giddens, 1991). Globalization has be identified as one of the most common forces that influence the world today, include political, economic, social and cultural changes (Knox, 1995).
Certainly, everyone should hear about globalization often from somewhere, but do you know what accurately mean? Globalization is a very serious international issue. Globalization is the “process of interdependence among the international countries and human, not only including the interaction of products, good and services, and outsourcing across the nation, but also including national political, immigration or citizen culture and environment, as well as economic” (Caraaugh, 2012). As we known, globalization influences our life every day. In this paper, I am going to discuss critically globalization economic important effect to people ‘s lives.
There are many ways to look at and understand modern globalization. In general terms, globalization means that the world, as a whole, is leading to a more utopian society, meaning that the globe is become very interconnected and similarities are growing between different regions and cultures of the world. Globalization is a phenomenon that has been evolving since before 10,000 B.C. This constant evolution can cause many problems, but it can also solve many issues positively as well. Development of any country, however, seems to be a key issue when discussing globalization. Globalization and development present two different factors in the world today. Many countries are lacking in their own development while the world around them is becoming more developed and globalized. Globalization hinders development because with globalization, less developed countries depend on more developed countries to help them to sustainability and self-reliance.