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Words to remember
1. Poverty Absolute poverty, extreme poverty, or destitution refers to the complete lack of
the means necessary to meet basic personal needs such as food, clothing and
shelter. ... Therefore, the threshold at which relative poverty is defined varies from
country to another, or from one society to another.
2. GLOBAL DEMOGRAPHY Demography is the statistical study of populations, especially
human beings. As a very general ...Demographic analysis can cover whole societies or
1 groups defined by criteria such as education, nationality, religion, and ethnicity. ... This
period included a panoply of international 'great demographers'
3. GLOBAL MIGRATION a situation in which people go to live in foreign countries,
especially in order to find work: Most global migration is from developing countries to
developed ones. Global migration patterns.
4. Demographic Transition Demographic transition (DT) is the transition from high
birth and death rates to lower birth and death rates as a country or region develops from
a pre-industrial to an industrialized economic system.
5. Global Population Human population refers to the number of people living in a
particular area, from a village to the world as a whole. A
secondary meaning of population is the inhabitants themselves, but in most
uses population means numbers.
6. Global Migration a situation in which people go to live in foreign countries, especially
in order to find work: Most global migration is from developing countries to developed
ones. Global migration patterns.
7. Labor Migration Labor migration refers to migration for the main purpose of
employment. Labor migrants often work in the informal sector and are usually exposed
to abuses resulting from xenophobia and racism
8. Diaspora a Greek word meaning dispersion. or refers to member of ethnic groups who have
left their homeland in large number or have been forced out
9. ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION Economic globalization refers to the free movement
of goods, capital, services, technology and information. ... And the shifting location of
goods production has caused many jobs to cross borders, requiring some workers in
developed countries to change careers.
2 10. GLOBAL TRADE Definition of Global Trade. Global trade, also known as
international trade, is simply the import and export of goods and services across
international boundaries. Goods and services that enter into a country for sale are called
imports.
11. Economic Globalization Economic globalization refers to the free movement of goods,
capital, services, technology and information. ... And the shifting location of goods
production has caused many jobs to cross borders, requiring some workers in developed
countries to change careers.
12. Global Trade Definition of Global Trade. Global trade, also known as
international trade, is simply the import and export of goods and services across
international boundaries. Goods and services that enter into a country for sale are called
imports
13. Protectionism the theory or practice of shielding a country's domestic industries from
foreign competition by taxing imports.
14. Trade Liberalization Trade liberalization is the removal or reduction of restrictions or
barriers on the free exchange of goods between nations. This includes the removal or
reduction of tariff obstacles, such as duties and surcharges, and nontariff obstacles,
3 such as licensing rules, quotas and other requirements.
15. cross-border trade The buying and selling of goods and services between
businesses in neighboring countries, with the seller being in one country and the buyer
in the other country, for example, a company in the United States selling to a company in
Canada. Also called CBT, international trade, and international selling.
16. international capital flow Capital flows refer to the movement of money for the
purpose of investment, trade or business production, including the flow of capital within
corporations in the form of investment capital, capital spending on operations and
research and development 
17. Technological innovations. Technological innovations comprise new products
and processes and significant technological changes of products and processes.
An innovation has been implemented if it has been introduced on the market
(product innovation). 
18. Economic globalization Economic globalization refers to the free movement of
goods, capital, services, technology and information. ... And the shifting location of
goods production has caused many jobs to cross borders, requiring some workers in
developed countries to change careers.
19. Economic chain Production chain. Production chain, in economics, an analytical tool
used to understand the nature of the production process (including production of both
goods and services) and its transformations. ... Hence, production chains are often
4 called “value-added” or “value” chains.
20. Global market Definition of global market. The activity of buying or selling goods
and services in all the countries of the world, or the value of the goods and services
sold.
21. Giant countries the-largest-countries-in-the-world-the-biggest-nations-a..
Collectively, the world's largest countries contain rainforest and tundra;
technically it is so large that it doesn't even qualify as an island.

22. Global inequality The study of global economic inequality focuses primarily on the


income inequalities across states or across individuals in the world. While the former
type of inequality is defined as “international inequality,” the latter kind is generally
referred to as “global inequality
23. Environmental degradation Environmental degradation is the deterioration of
the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil;
the destruction of ecosystems; habitat destruction; the extinction of wildlife;
and pollution.
24. Outsourcing obtains (goods or a service) from an outside or foreign supplier,
especially in place of an internal source. “Outsourcing components from other
countries"contract (work) out or abroad."you may choose to outsource this
function to another company or do it yourself"
25. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Sustainable development is development that
meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to
meet their own needs.
26. Global food security This definition is again refined in The State of Food
Insecurity 2001: “Food security [is] a situation that exists when all people, at all times,
have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that
meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”.
27. Global security International security, also called global security, refers to the
amalgamation of measures taken by states and international organizations, such as the
United Nations, European Union, and others, to ensure mutual survival and safety.
28. Sustainable Development  Sustainable development is development that meets
the needs of the present without compromising

For Debate topics

“Are technology and globalization


5 destined to drive up inequality?”

“Can globalization be rescued


from itself?”
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the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

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