Hidden Face of Globalization

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After watching the video Hidden Face of Globalization, take some time to reflect on what steps you would take to help improve the situation. Focus on the moral and ethical dilemmas raised by the video.

As a social worker who understands the global interconnection between economic, cultural, and social issues, what kinds of recommendations would you make to the U.S. Congress and/or to the United Nations in terms of action to help these workers in Bangladesh? Recommend at least two policy actions and explain how they might help.

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Globalization has had some positive effects. In some cases it has created jobs in developing nations and connected the nations of the world through trade. Yet, “to many in the developing world, globalization has not brought the promised economic benefits.” Too often, globalization increases the divide between the haves and the have-nots, with some of the world’s poorest becoming even poorer. Thus, globalization hasn’t reduced either poverty or the vast inequality neoliberalism creates between the super-rich and the rest of the populace. The many worldwide protests against globalization are reactions to the unfairness of the economic strictures imposed by global economic institutions, particularly austerity measures that severely curtail a government’s ability to fund social programs that benefit ordinary citizens. Other demonstrations protest the negative economic effects of trade agreements, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the global institution that governs international trade, the World Trade Organization (WTO). Free trade agreements often force developing nations to import goods from developed nations, but vital goods may be priced too high for local consumption.