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Quote photo source "We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world's people share the benefits of globalization."
Did You Know?"In the early 1970s, developing countries faced a merchandise trade deficit: their exports represented only 96% of imports. During the 1970s their trade balance improved substantially. In 1980, exports totalled 20% more than imports. This improvement was largely attributable to the rise in oil prices after the oil crises of 1974 and 1979. In the 1980s and 1990s, developing countries' trade balance deteriorated. In 1990 the balance was still positive, but exports were only 2% greater than imports. By the mid-1990s, the exports-to-imports ratio had returned to its 1970 level. Meanwhile, developed countries' trade balance remained essentially negative during the whole period under consideration." - UNCTAD Report on Development and Globalization Facts and Figures 
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Hidden Face of Globalization (2003)
discusses the effects of globalization and free trade on women in Bangladesh
discusses the effects of globalization and free trade on women in Bangladesh
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economic internationalization, transnational corporation, multinational corporation, corporate social responsibility, production chain, joint ventures, industrial cooperation agreements, licensing agreements, international subcontracting, "arm's length" transactions, national firms, state-owned enterprises, division of labor, geographical relocation, industrial environmental impacts, workers rights, employment, material goods, corporations redefined and limited, immigration, practical economics
PICTURE THIS GEOGRAPHY
During the period covering 1997-2005, there were 83 countries out 193 that showed an improved GDP when compared to themselves and also in relation to the rest of the world. During this same period there were 101 countries out of 193 that had a GDP that got worse in relationship to the rest of the world. There were 2 new countries and 7 others that showed no change in relative position when compared to the rest of the countries:
Countries Continents Average GDPs Total GDPs Percentages By Continent
20 N. America 9985 199,700 11.008%
15 S. America 6646 99,690 5.495%
53 Africa 2673 141,669 7.809%
45 Europe 20,031 901,395 49.688%
46 Asia 8210 377,660 20.817%
14 S. Pacific 6714 93,996 5.183%
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193 1,814,110 100.000%
As is seen, Europe contains nearly half of the existing production of goods and services. Although currently, Asia only accounts for about 20% of the world's goods and services, the future looks very bright, because Asia contains more than 60% of the world's people--for production as well as consumption, as the following 2005 populations show:
Continents Populations Population Percentage % of earth's land
Asia 3,913,842,171 60.669% 21.4%
Africa 891,437,541 13.818% 20.6%
Europe 729,341,014 11.305% 15.7%
N.America 512,422,558 7.943% 14.8%
S.America 371,271,037 5.755% 12.1%
S.Pacific 32,744,469 .510% 5.8%
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6,451,058,790 100.000%
I hope this helps in your analysis! We clearly have the manpower and resources to get the job done.
Now all it will take is the willingness to cooperate with each other. I was encouraged by the 2008 Summer Olympics in China--how about you? Best wishes for a blessed fall and winter, and keep looking up!
Mark Overt Skilbred