Globalisation’s winners and losers (both for people and environment)

Globalisation winners and losers for people • Globalisation can serve to increase or decrease the

income inequality within a country. • The Lorenz Curve for a country will show how they

have progressed due to globalisation over time.

In the UK, over time …

• In the UK the Gini coefficient has actually increased, suggesting an increase in income inequality. • In 1980 it was 0.27 and in 2010 it was 0.35• Only in some of the worlds least developed

countries has the income inequality gap reduced. Albeit from a very low starting point.

Winners and losers for the environment. • Globalisation has served to export the issue of

pollution to many developing, industrialising countries. • As a result countries like India and China with rising

wealth (more people owning cars) and high levels of industrial pollution have become choked with smog. • New Delhi has had to introduce a new scheme which

allows odd and even number plated cars into the city centre on different days. • Watch this (Our Fairtrade Adventure) Chapter 4 from

3.45, impacts of globalisation on the environment.

Trends in economic development • Read the pdf on showbie – p205, trends in

economic development. • How does this relate to the Rana Plaza in

Bangladesh?

Now to look at the data:

Practising Skills:• This link has been posted on Showbie:

• http://www.hdr.undp.org/en/composite/trends

• Choose one country from the very high human development category and one from medium and one from low.

• Plot their HDI scores against time on a line graph. You an do this on Excel or by hand.

• Describe the trend in HDI over time for each country

• Explain any contrasting trends using the ideas discussed.