2. VOCABULARY
• Globalization,
• Anti- globalization movement
• Underdeveloped country
• Migration
• Central Areas
• Peripheral Areas
• International Monetary Fund
• G8
• G20
• Enrich
• Capitalist economic model
• Harmful
• Supranational
3. What is Globalization?
• A process of integration that affects
economic, political and cultural systems
across geographical boundaries.
• Globalization has created a global market
where people, goods, ideas, information and
knowledge moves from one place to another.
• It has been possible thanks to the new
information and communication
technologies (ICT) like Internet
5. The world is divided
DEVELOP COUNTRIES
• Central areas
• North
• Industrialized world
• Global cities: NY, London,
Tokyo, Paris, Frankfurt
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
• Peripheral areas
• South
• Underdeveloped world
6. CONTROVERSY
In favor of Globalization
• The IMF
• The WTO (World Trade
Organization)
• G8 (Group of the most
industrialized countries :
France, Germany, Italy,
Japan, UK, USA, Canada,
Russia)
• G20 (Group of 20 countries,
which together represent
85% of the world economy)
Against Globalization
• Anti-Globalization
movement (made of various
social groups and NGOs)
who coordinates their
actions through effective
global networks
7. GLOBALIZATION
Arguments in favor of
• Extends the market economy
• Benefits all countries and
individuals because increases
the supply of goods and
services .
• Bring people, countries and
cultures closer together.
• Leads to greater cooperation
between governments and
institutions because they try
to solve global problems like
poverty, environmental
degradation or war.
Arguments Against
• Imposes a capitalist economic
system which benefits richest
countries but it is harmful for
the poorest countries.
• The decisions are made by
international organizations,
multinational companies and
supranational institutions
• The most powerful countries
impose their culture.