Measurement of Well Being and Evaluation of Public Policy: Globalization

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Measurement of Well Being and Evaluation of Public Policy: Globalization Globalization is the elimination of barriers to trade, communication, and cultural exchange between countries. The theory behind globalization is that worldwide openness will promote the inherent wealth of all nations. However, globalization also has some negative impacts. There are winners and losers of globalization, as it widens disparities between developed and developing countries. Globalization implies an international division of work. Many firms in developed countries have outsourced work to the third world countries. This has led to a loss of jobs in those developed countries as well as a rise in unemployment. Firms which outsource work have a reduced contribution to the improvement of the economic situation of their countries and force the local workforce to accept tougher conditions of work (lower salary, more constraining schedule…). As a result, the social welfare of those developed nations decreases. It is thus more difficult for workers to find a job in line with their skills and qualifications; they receive a lower income and they have less time for leisure activities. Plus, this international division of work may lead to economic disequilibrium in developing countries. To get wealthier, they focus their economic activity on the trade with developed countries instead of focusing on their own economic development. This can lead to a shortage of food in third world countries and to starvation of their population, as some of those countries are exporting the major part of their production to developed countries. This prevents a decrease in the level of poverty of those countries: they are less able to achieve an economic development. Globalization raises the issue of fair trade. Developed countries impose their economic rules to developing countries: most of the time they are

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