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Globalisation

Evidences of Globalisation• 20x between ’50 and

’05 • 25x from ’70 to ’15

World trade increased

more than:

• 10x from ’80 to ’05, • 50x between ’75 and

’14• Declined 50%

between ’00 and ’03

FDI annual flows

increased

more than:

Rest of world

intratrade:175

Western Europeintratrade: 1430

North Americaintratrade: 465

Asia / Pacific Rim intratrade: 632

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200

382

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365

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Economic Globalisation

Effects Of Lowering Trade Barrier

Technological GlobalisationTechnological Globalisation

Technological Globalisation

World Wide Web

Silicon Valley is 9th

largest economy in

world!

finance capital

more computers

in Manhattan than all of

Africa!

Post-colonial

infrastructures don’t support

technology

Internet Usage Growth

Cultural Globalisation

Cultural ImperialismDominance of one culture over othersHollywood movies,

MacDonald’s,

Disneyland,

Starbucks

Dominance of the English language and invasion of other languagesDo people all over the world have the same taste?“Culture Industry” = opportunities for Africans to sell their culture in the “global market” that

Linguistic Globalisation

Political Globalisation

Whose interests does the UN represent?

The US and the UK were

the only nations in support of

going to war in Iraq

Political globalisation

Military Globalisation

What will happen with North Korea and nuclear weapons?

Global alliances become

clear during war time

Nuclear Bombs

Military GlobalisationSmart

Bombs Trade in Arms = US sold $227 million in arms to AF in 1990s

US train and provide weapons for African armies on both sides of their civil wars .

Sidewinder Missiles

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