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

Question 1

The globalization project succeeded the development project because ______.

A) development has transitioned from a nationally managed economic growth to participation in world market
B) development is extinct
C) development became globalization
D) development project became globalized in all nations

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Globalization is a project because ______.

A) it is a project with specific goals
B) it has political dimensions and involves international players
C) it entrenches nation states in the global world
D) globalization is manipulated by political forces

Answer 2

B

Question 3

While microcredit is noted for its empowerment of marginalized women, its critiques claim that it is "bankrolling the poor", implying that ______.

A) while it creates new micro-enterprises, it also produces new class/gender inequalities
B) it creates new dependencies
C) it increases the status of men
D) it ensures that women are co-dependent on their paternal social structures.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The globalization project is different from the development project because the ______.

A) the development project emerged first
B) the globalization project is about national sovereignty
C) the globalization project, with its focus on free international enterprise super seeds governments
D) the globalization project erases national boundaries

Question 5

The "Kerala Model" is known not only for its avoidance of the market-driven development model, but also ______.

A) dependence on remittance from its expatriates
B) acceptance of IMF loans
C) refusal of tax credits
D) high rates of crime

Question 6

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

A) young women
B) young men
C) migrants
D) long-term workers

Question 7

Work in EPZs is characterized by all of the following except ______.

A) the use of contractors or subcontractors
B) low-skill work with low wages
C) short-term work assignments
D) unionized workers

Question 8

Most EPZ are located in ______.

A) Third World countries
B) Western Europe
C) USA and Canada
D) Australia

Question 9

The vision of the globalization project was ______.

A) establishment of the World Trade Organization
B) implementation of World Trade Organizations rules
C) implementation of classical economic plans
D) implementation of free markets via restructuring of nation-state economic policies

Question 10

______ create specialized manufacturing export zones.

A) IFIs
B) GATTs
C) FTZs
D) WTO

Question 11

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?

A) Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs)
B) Trade-Related Medication Programs (TRMPs)
C) Trade-Related Intellectual Rights (TRIRs)
D) Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs)

Question 12

Microfinance programs perform all these tasks simultaneously:

A) provide credit to the poor for self-maximization
B) deepening and improving market relations
C) enlarging financial opportunities to the poor
D) gives primacy to the role of financial capital

Question 13

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 ______.

A) it created new dependencies reflecting gender and class inequalities
B) loans often are used to meet daily consumption needs
C) there are intergenerational effects of the debt, with young girls taken out of school to make loan payments
D) it exploits the middle class to support loans for the poor.

Question 14

Which of the following promote outsourcing?

A) IFI
B) TNC
C) GAT
D) MNC

Question 15

The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative is one example of the Social Emergency Fund and the Compensatory and Contingency Financing Facility created by the International Financial Institutions.

Question 16

South Africa's decision to privatize and outsource Telkom disproportionately limited services for the poor.

Question 17

As manufacturing moves to the global south, a "great turnaround" occurs when labor from the south also moves to the global north.

Question 18

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

Question 19

"Displacement of love" is NOT synonymous with "global heart transplant".

Question 20

The first EPZ appeared in Shannon, Ireland in 1968.

Question 21

Globalization project and development project are synonymous.

Question 22

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

Question 23

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.

Question 24

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

Question 25

Briefly explain "globalization project":

Question 26

What is the relationship between development and globalization?

Question 27

What is the debt regime and how did it arise?

Question 28

Using insights from Chapter 4 and 5, what is the link between neo-liberalist policies (such as structural adjustment program) and the development/operation of free trade or export processing zones?

Question 29

Examine the link between structural adjustment programs/policies and health. That is, how does structural adjustment affect health of vulnerable populations such as women?

Question 30

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

Question 31

What is outsourcing and why is it significant in contemporary development discourse?

Question 32

What is the role of information and communication technologies in outsourcing?

Question 33

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

Question 34

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.

Question 35

Discuss the two aspects of informalization. What are their effects and how are they connected to globalization in practice?

Question 36

Why is the Kerala Model of development touted as the solution to self-sustenance in Third World countries?