Developed or developing? - Economic factors: GDP, level of technological innovation,

predominance of the tertiary sector, strong market…..

- Social factors: literacy rate , healthcare, housing, fair

employment conditions….

- Politival factors: democracy, acces to internet, free

movement…..

HDI: (human development index)

- GDP – literacy rate and years of compulsory

education – life expectancy at birth

Globalization

What is it?

MNC´s or TNC´s – companies that sell or are

based in more than once country (multi-national

companies or trans-national companies)

MEDCS: More economically developed countries

LEDCS : Less economically developed countries

Globalisation

“Globalisation is the process by which the world

is becoming increasingly interconnected as a

result of massively increased trade and cultural

exchange.” –BBC

Raise your hand if you or your family uses any of

the following

products:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2Sei

7F61U8

What are the positive impacts? (three)

What are the negative impacts? (three)

CONCEPTS:

LARGE COMPANIES FREE TRADE SMALL COMPANIES SPECULATION THE MAIN STOCK MARKETS INVESTORS BUSINESSES OUTSOURCING EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT CAPITAL PATENTS CRISIS BRAIN DRAIN MULTINATIONAL HIGHER LIFE EXPECTANCY AIDS TERRORISM SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHS WELL-BEING GENDER INEQUALITY

LARGE COMPANIES

FREE TRADE

SPECULATION

EMPLOYMENT

PATENTS

BRAIN DRAIN

AIDS

UNEMPLOYMENT

HIGHER LIFE EXPECTANCY

GENDER INEQUALITY

TERRORISM

OUTSOURCING

CAPITAL

CRISIS

THE MAIN STOCK MARKETS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES WELL-BEING

MEDCS SAME LEDCS

SMALL COMPANIES

HUNGER

LARGE COMPANIES FREE TRADE

SPECULATION

EMPLOYMENT

PATENTS

BRAIN DRAIN

AIDS

UNEMPLOYMENT

HIGHER LIFE EXPECTANCY

GENDER INEQUALITY

TERRORISM

OUTSOURCING

CAPITAL

CRISIS

THE MAIN STOCK MARKETS

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES

WELL-BEING

MEDCS SAME LEDCS

COCA-COLA ISSUE

Coca – cola in stealing……..

SHUT DOWN KALA DERA

PLANT!

Study case: Coca-Cola in

India

"Access to safe water is a

fundamental human need and therefore a basic

human right."

Kofi Annan, United Nations former Secretary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlsyjfwkIwU

MAIN PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD TODAY. How

affected is your country by these problems?

- Deforastation disappearance of forests

- Desertification and erosion the spreading of desserts

- Depletion of natural resources minerals, energy sources…

- Contamination and pollution search of cheap energy

- Wars

- External debt and neocolonialism

- Hunger and poverty

- Diseases and epidemics AIDS, malaria, Ebola….

- Education

- Lack of citizen participation and democracy

By studying a group of countries including Brazil, Cambodia, Mali, Peru, and

Tanzania, which have reduced inequality significantly over recent years, and

examining a wide body of available evidence, Bank researchers identified the

following six high-impact strategies: policies with a proven track record of building

poor people’s earnings, improving their access to essential services, and improving

their long-term development prospects, without damaging growth. These policies

work best when paired with strong growth, good macroeconomic management, and

well-functioning labor markets that create jobs and enable the poorest to take

advantage of those opportunities.

What do you think are those six high – impact strategies?

Search and learn about them in your GC country

Indicators of ¨well-being¨: • Human Development Index (HDI):

Income + Healthcare + Education+ Life expectancy

http://hdr.undp.org/en/data

• ¨Inequality-adjusted HDI¨

• 2005 Economist Quality-of-Life Index: The nine

quality-of-life factors. What are those?

• http://www.economist.com/media/pdf/QUALITY_

OF_LIFE.pdf

• ¨Standard-of-living¨

• GINI

WHERE TO BE BORN