Key questions
Key terms
Transnational Corporations (TNCs)
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Capital
Investment
Official Development Assistance (ODA)
Profit repatriation
Debt
Free Trade
Loan
Remittance
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC)
Protectionism
Terms of trade
Trade deficit
World Bank
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Financial flows
Loans
Go to the following websites:
http://odakorea.go.kr/eng.overview.What.do
http://odakorea.go.kr/eng.overview.History.do
1)
Open the pdf file below, read the first part up to the Japan case study.
2)
Debt repayment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Mexico
- How important are loans, debt repayment, development aid, remittances, foreign direct investment and repatriation of profits in the transfer of capital between developed core areas and the peripheries?
- What is the influence of governments, world trading organisations and financial institutions (such as the World Trade Organisation, International Monetary Fund and World Bank) in the transfer of capital?
Key terms
Transnational Corporations (TNCs)
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Capital
Investment
Official Development Assistance (ODA)
Profit repatriation
Debt
Free Trade
Loan
Remittance
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC)
Protectionism
Terms of trade
Trade deficit
World Bank
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Financial flows
Loans
Go to the following websites:
http://odakorea.go.kr/eng.overview.What.do
http://odakorea.go.kr/eng.overview.History.do
1)
- Describe what Official Development Assistance is.
- How did Korea change from recipient of loans to a donor?
Open the pdf file below, read the first part up to the Japan case study.
2)
- Read the case study on Japan.
- Take notes for revision following a class discussion on how to take notes.
Debt repayment
- Examine table 14.1
- Complete the 'to do' activities on the sheet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Mexico
japan_and_loans.pdf | |
File Size: | 686 kb |
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Labour flows
Explain the causes and effects of one major flow of labour between two countries.
Key terms
Labour migrations
Underemployment
Mass migration
Guest workers
Maquiladoras
Assimilation
Total fertility rate
Useful websites
www.globalworkers.org - Global Workers Justice Alliance
www.foreignpolicy.com - Foreign policy magazine
www.migrationinformation.org - Migration policy institute
www.ilo.org - International Labour Organisation
Case study - Mexican migration to the USA
Useful slide share presentation - http://www.slideshare.net/Podders/migration-ib-geography-labour-flows
Quizlet - labour flow key words - http://quizlet.com/12940785/ib-geography-hl-labour-flows-key-terms-flash-cards/
Mexico remittances -http://www.uwec.edu/geography/Ivogeler/w188/border/Mexicans-moneyFlows-map.gif
Explain the causes and effects of one major flow of labour between two countries.
Key terms
Labour migrations
Underemployment
Mass migration
Guest workers
Maquiladoras
Assimilation
Total fertility rate
Useful websites
www.globalworkers.org - Global Workers Justice Alliance
www.foreignpolicy.com - Foreign policy magazine
www.migrationinformation.org - Migration policy institute
www.ilo.org - International Labour Organisation
Case study - Mexican migration to the USA
Useful slide share presentation - http://www.slideshare.net/Podders/migration-ib-geography-labour-flows
Quizlet - labour flow key words - http://quizlet.com/12940785/ib-geography-hl-labour-flows-key-terms-flash-cards/
Mexico remittances -http://www.uwec.edu/geography/Ivogeler/w188/border/Mexicans-moneyFlows-map.gif
Information flows
What has been the role of ICT in the growth of international outsourcing?
Key terms
Outsourcing
Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Outsourcing city clusters
Back office industry
What has been the role of ICT in the growth of international outsourcing?
Key terms
Outsourcing
Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Outsourcing city clusters
Back office industry