paper 3 human

Question 1

what is player

Answer 1

responsible for making decisons
not stakeholders
linked to politcal plans and strategies (UK Economic Transformation)
specfic plans - managing resources

Question 2

what can players be catorgorised into

Answer 2

public private third/voluntary

Question 3

private sector players

Answer 3

private businesses - small local to large tncs
managers legally binded to maximise profits for shareholders and maxmise dividends
shareholders share profits but not liable for debts

Question 4

public sector olayers

Answer 4

organiaton financed by government - tax payer money
educaton social services, defence
within country - small government to regional and national
global governance - IGOs
accountablity varies - democracy and dictatorship

Question 5

third sector players

Answer 5

NGOs - development aid - donations to raise money

Pressure groups - Greenpeace

Question 6

attiudes and actions

Answer 6

attidues - viewpoint of the decision makers and stakeholders have towards social and economic enivronment poltical issues
action - ways to acheieve what they want

Question 7

why are attitudes inportant

Answer 7

players with certian attidudes - pro globalisation may also have views towards another issue - anti climate change

Question 8

attidudes and values

Answer 8

NATO, EU

government forms alliances with each other to find common ends

Question 9

future and uncertainites

Answer 9

business as usal - letting things function as they are - energy should private companies decide on energy future by letting supply and demand drive energy market

sustainable strategies - radical action managing climate change - government play bigger role in decision making about energy futures

Question 10

what leads to cultural erosion

Answer 10

media
globalisation - western ideas on different cultures eg India
TNCs

Question 11

Economic measures

Answer 11

GDP - Gross Domestic Product
GNI - Gross National Income
PPP - Purchasing Power Parity

Question 12

what is a single indicator

Answer 12

GNI, PPN, GDP - looks at one measurement only

Question 13

what is composite indicator

Answer 13

measures more than one thing

Question 14

economy sector balance

Answer 14

contribution of primary, secondary and tertiary sectors

Question 15

disadvantages of economic measure

Answer 15

does not show social inequalities

Question 16

social measures

Answer 16

people per doctor
literacy rate
gender gap
HDI

Question 17

what is hdi

Answer 17

how far people benefit from economic growth

Question 18

what indicators does the HDI use

Answer 18

education
health
wealth

Question 19

informal economy

Answer 19

non taxed money

Question 20

what does the GII take into account

Answer 20

Reproductive health
Empowerment
Education and Emplyoment

Question 21

France and Rejecting Globalisation

Answer 21

Until early 2000 - France rejected globalisation
Limited foreign culture - music - films
40% broadcast had to be French
Internet Downloading placed this into dispute
2007 French government accepted globalisation - due to TNCs

Question 22

World Bank

Answer 22

Founded - 1944
Lends money to developing and emerging economies to promote economic development
This is done within Western capitalist model
The money originates from developed countries

Question 23

IMF

Answer 23

Founded - 1945
Promotes global economic stability
Aids to economies in opening up to world trade and investment
Comes to aid of countries to economic diffculty

Question 24

WEF

Answer 24

1971
Swiss non profit organisation
Acts as a forum for discussion between business, politicians and IGOs
Pro free traded pro TNCs

Question 25

WTO

Answer 25

1955 (replaced CATT rounds from (1948) Works to remove a barriers to international trade Has negotiated a sequence of global free trade agreements that have gradually removed trade taxers and quotas

Question 26

who used to dominate the market with tncs and what's happening now

Answer 26

American dominated with 6 -10 tncs | 2015 figure fell to 3 due to growing influence of Chinese TNCs

Question 27

TNCs in Global Trade

Answer 27

increase in global trade is intracompany - trade between different branches or activities of same company shifted economic power towards emerging countries and made TNCs extremely powerful

Question 28

Global cultural influence

Answer 28

Dominance of Wester

Question 29

Zambia

Answer 29

8 largest producer raw and part processed copper TanZam railway takes Zambia coper to the Tanzanian coast Landlocked relies on neighbour Copper biggest export and value fallen Developed railway and upgraded by Chinese

Question 30

Tanzania

Answer 30

80% working population in agriculture GDP changes = switch on is hard cotton prices fall country less able to pay for imported goods Growing investment links with India and China

Question 31

Gambia

Answer 31

Small least developed Does not attract attention and investment from richer countries Electric energy come at high cost Lack of mineral and natural deposit resources rely on subsistence farming

Question 32

cost of economic growth

Answer 32

Loss of Biodiversity - China terrestrial vertebrates declined by 50% since 1970. Habitat loss Land Degradation - 40% China farmland now suffering degradation - soils eroding caused by industrial emissions

Question 33

Elite migrants

Answer 33

Qatar investment in London properties high demand for property led to inflation Oligarchs buying property local people finding it hard

Question 34

Low wage migrants where?

Answer 34

Qatar and UAE recruit manual workers from overseas remittance payment migrant workers may up 90%

Question 35

cost and benefits of migration on who?

Answer 35

host location | source location

Question 36

host location

Answer 36

skilled foreign workers pressure on housing healthcare and school places middle class sustainable

Question 37

source location

Answer 37

reduced unemployment migrate elsewhere remittance payments sent home by overseas workers imbalanced population

Question 38

what are the impacts of cultural erosion

Answer 38

changing diets in Asia staples to increasingly towards livestock and dairy products fats and oils rapid spread of supermarket and fast food consequent global interconnectedness of urban middle class driving force behind convergence of diets

Question 39

what did Iran do to stop cultural erosion

Answer 39

Mattels barbie dolls confiscated from toy stores when government denounced its un islamic image

Question 40

Indigenous People and Globalisation where?

Answer 40

Nigeria and Shell Oil Oil spills gas flaring and deforestation stripped land of environmental resources destroying farms and fishing based economy of Ogoni MOSOP committed to using non violence of the Ogani and their Resources by Shell

Question 41

Cultural Diffusion Where?

Answer 41

China and the Paralympic 2011 25% had employment 2012 China came top train and compete on world stage helped marginalised groups with disabilities to gain equal status

Question 42

what is censorship and example

Answer 42

single party state China | government enforces internet content and published material to retain control

Question 43

3 factors of tncs and global players

Answer 43

TNCs players in global trade TNCs as players in technology Global culture influence

Question 44

TNCs players in technology

Answer 44

new technology must be registered under patent law. Anyone who wishes to use such property must pay a royalty TRIPS favours TNCs - protects investment into research and innovation