Globalisation

• What was Martell's description of globalisation?

  "The integration of poor countries into a world economy of open competition"
• Globalisation as a -ve force creating poverty: What % of ppl in sub-Saharan Africa are malnourished? (Held & McGrew)

  23%
• Globalisation as a -ve force creating poverty: A middle income US family is __x richer than the avg. family in Bangladesh. (Birdsall)

  60x
• Why do some argue that globalisation has actually caused ≠ to increase?

  Poor do not receive profits from trade
• What did the World Bank say ab. globalisation being +ve?

  From 1981-2010, we had the BIGGEST dec. in human deprivation in history
• The percentage of ppl living in extreme poverty has dropped from __% to __%.

  50% - 20%