Examine the importance of loans, debt repayment, development aid, remittances, foreign direct investment, repatriation of profits in the transfer of capital between the developed core areas and the peripheries.
Examine the influence of governments, world trading organizations and financial institutions (such as WTO, IMF and World Bank) in the transfer of capital.
• labour flows
Explain the causes and effects of one major flow of labour between two countries.
• information flows
Explain the role of ICT in the growth of international outsourcing. 8 hours
ONLINE RESOURCES
Best content in IB Geography Global Interactions | Diigo - Groups
Comments:[Submitted by Ali Bowers] - Richard AllawayTags: ib_geog2009, Global Interactions, Environmental change, Economic interactions and flowsby: Richard Allaway
Comments:Spread of mobile phone technolog in Africa with a focus on Kenya. Great for questioning core/periphery concept too. - Matt PodburyTags: ib_geog2009, Shrinking world, Economic interactions and flowsby: Matt Podbury
Comments:Out with the BRIC in with the MINT - World Trading Organisations & BLOCS up to date case study. - Matt PodburyTags: ib_geog2009, Economic interactions and flowsby: Matt Podbury
Comments:Excellent Scoop It for the Global Interactions course by geographil - Matt PodburyTags: ib_geog2009, Global Interactions, Measuring global interactions, Shrinking world, Economic interactions and flows, Environmental change, Local level, ...
Comments:Global Interactions, Guinness p. 90 - Mark RussoTags: bbc, corporate scandals, Satyam, Information Flows, India, Economic interactions and flowsby: Mark Russo
Comments:"Typhoon Haiyan: What’s a Superpower to Do?The U.S. dispatches a flotilla of aid, while China barely lifts a finger to help its neighbor" - Ian GabrielsonTags: IB Global Politics, ib_geog2009, Global Interactions, Economic interacti...
Tags: Measuring global interactions, Economic interactions and flows, globalization, china, empire, Sociocultural exchanges, Political outcomes, buildingby: johnwilliambray
GEOGRAPHICAL SKILLS
Most of the 'Interpret, analyse and when appropriate construct tables, graphs, diagrams, cartogaphic materials and images' skills could be taught in this section of the Higher Level Extension.
TEXTBOOK RESOURCES
Textbook resource for Economic Interactions and Flows [Submitted by Chris Tyrrell - "This book has lots of relevant info as well as interesting and accessible graphs."]
Economy & Development: AS/A2 Geography (Contemporary Case Studies)
Publisher: Philip Allan Updates (December 2006)
Sue Warn (Author), David Burtenshaw (Author)
Examine the importance of loans, debt repayment, development aid, remittances, foreign direct investment, repatriation of profits in the transfer of capital between the developed core areas and the peripheries.
Examine the influence of governments, world trading organizations and financial institutions (such as WTO, IMF and World Bank) in the transfer of capital.
Waugh, An Integrated Approach, Third Edition: p.642-643
Explain the causes and effects of one major flow of labour between two countries.
Waugh, An Integrated Approach, Third Edition: p.369-370
Explain the role of ICT in the growth of international outsourcing. 8 hours
Economic Interactions and Flows
Examine the influence of governments, world trading organizations and financial institutions (such as WTO, IMF and World Bank) in the transfer of capital.
8 hours
ONLINE RESOURCES
Best content in IB Geography Global Interactions | Diigo - GroupsMost of the 'Interpret, analyse and when appropriate construct tables, graphs, diagrams, cartogaphic materials and images' skills could be taught in this section of the Higher Level Extension.
Textbook resource for Economic Interactions and Flows [Submitted by Chris Tyrrell - "This book has lots of relevant info as well as interesting and accessible graphs."]
Economy & Development: AS/A2 Geography (Contemporary Case Studies)
Publisher: Philip Allan Updates (December 2006)
Sue Warn (Author), David Burtenshaw (Author)
Examine the influence of governments, world trading organizations and financial institutions (such as WTO, IMF and World Bank) in the transfer of capital.
8 hours