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How changes in communications and transport technologies have changed lives around the world. Discover what defines globalisation and the impacts.Key facts
- Globalisation is the process whereby economies and societies around the world become interconnected.
- Many factors have given rise to globalisation, including transport, technology, communication, trade and mass media.
- The benefits of globalisation include: new jobs, and development within cities such as Bangalore.
- The problems of globalisation include: increase in cheap labour and unfair working conditions, i.e. sweatshops, to encourage foreign investment.
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Centuries ago, a quest for new territories and their riches, drove an age of exploration.
In modern times, our world has once more been rapidly transformed in an era of globalisation.
Globalisation
Globalisation describes the process whereby regional economies, societies and cultures, become ever more interconnected.
It's enabled by networks of communication, transportation, and …
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