Globalization and Development

Globalization. WissensWerte, 2011.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oTLyPPrZE4

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The world is becoming more and more interconnected. Globalization changes how people consume, work, and live almost everywhere on the world. Today, many economic, political, cultural, or ecological relationships are not explainable from a national perspective. At the same time, a controversial debate about the consequences of globalization has begun. But what are the main causes for globalization? In what areas it is most prominent? And who are the winners and loosers of globalization?

Globalization and its effects on developing countries, 2020.

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

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An overview of globalization and its effect on developing countries. Rapid growth and poverty reduction in China, India, and other countries that were poor twenty years ago, has been a positive aspect of globalization. But it has also generated significant international opposition over concerns that it has increased inequality and environmental degradation.

Globalization explained, 2013.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ0nFD19eT8

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A brief explanation of the basics of globalization.

Globalization Theories, 2015.

https://youtu.be/lQIVIYCZ4ec

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A Khan Academy video connecting globalization theories to development theories like dependency theory.

India Reborn. CBC, 2009.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fqAyUwwSXA

This film views the constraints and perspectives of India as an economic powerhouse and as a country plagued with poverty and exclusion.

Paul Krugman: Globalization and the Financial Crisis. Al Jazeera, 2011.

http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/oneonone/2011/01/2011118151012906489.html

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Paul Krugman is an American economist and professor who received the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics for his contributions to New Trade Theory. His ability to explain patterns of international trade, finance, and wealth make him one of the most widely-cited economists in the world today.

Professor Ian Goldin - Globalization for Development, 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT76yaW_s4s&feature=emb_logo

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Professor Ian Goldin, a professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Oxford and founding director of the Oxford Martin School, speaks to Global Policy’s Kat Wall about globalization for development.

World Debate: Asia: Sharing the Wealth? BBC News, 2011.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-14081505

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Asia has been leading the world out of the global financial crisis with tremendous economic growth. But is this new wealth being spread evenly? Mishal Husain chairs a lively World Debate featuring Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Indonesia’s Trade Minister Mari Pangestu, Congressman Walden Bello from the Philippines, and Prashant Ruia of India’s Essar Group.

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