Globalisation (HSC SSCE Economics): Flashcards

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Globalisation

Increasing integration & interdependence of national economies

Five key indicators of globalisation

Trade, financial flows, investment/TNCs, tech/transport, migration

Gross World Product (GWP)

Sum of total output by all economies worldwide over a period

Global trade value growth (1990 to 2022)

4.3 trillion USD to 27.9 trillion USD

Most globalised sector

Finance (money moves fastest between countries)

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

Movement of funds to buy 10%+ shares or establish new company

TNCs' share of global trade

Roughly half of global trade

WTO member countries

164 member countries

Migrant workers globally

164 million (approx. 2% of world population)

Comparative advantage

Specialise in goods/services produced at lowest opportunity cost

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