Exam 5: The Globalization Project: Processes, Experiences, and Implications

The globalization project did not begin on any particular date, but it signifies a new way of thinking about development.

The vision of the globalization project was ______.

HIPC and SAP are two debt relief programs for Third World countries. Despite their differences, the HIPC is merely new wine in old wine-skins.

Critiques of microcredit claim that it has replaced social networks of survival with "empowerment debt" which has proven to be a double-edged sword because ______.

According to the World Bank, the augmentation of the HIPC initiative in Africa is a confirmation of the effectiveness of neoliberalism.

The vast majority of workers in EPZs are all of the following EXCEPT ______.

JINCO is a multinational company wishing to invest in India. The Indian government is interested in the partnership but requires JINCO to invest its profits locally, hire locally, and buy its raw materials from the country. JINCO disagrees and decides to seek relief from the WTO. Which of these WTO protocols would JINCO use?

The transnational peasant coalition Vía Campesina notes, "The massive movement of food around the world is forcing the increased movement of people." Briefly explain this statement with reference to displacement.

What is the relationship between development and globalization?

Briefly explain the difference between Structural Adjustment Programs (SAP) and Poverty Reduction Strategic Papers program (PRSP).

The spread of "gated communities", racist violence toward "guest workers" are all consequences of displacement of poor labor from the global south

______ create specialized manufacturing export zones.

Globalization is a project because ______.

What is the "great turnaround" with respect to offshore labor.

Most EPZ are located in ______.

Globalization project and development project are synonymous.