IGCSE Geography / Globalisation and migration

Winners and losers of globalisation

Edexcel International GCSE Geography (4GE1), chapter 8: Globalisation and migration, specification point 8.2a, 8.S3. Part of the full course.

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Globalisation connects countries through trade, investment and people, creating benefits and costs for different groups. Its gains are uneven, so you need to consider who benefits, who loses and whose viewpoint the evidence represents.

More lessons in Globalisation and migration

• Globalisation and the global economy
• What drives globalisation
• The WTO and the IMF
• Transnational corporations
• Why people migrate: push and pull
• Types of migration: medical, sport, tourism and economic
• TNCs: benefits and costs for the host country
• The impacts of migration
• Six migrations compared
• The growth of global tourism
• Case study: mass tourism on Spain's Costa Blanca
• Geopolitics: how relations between countries shape movement
• Case study: how the UK manages migration
• Making tourism more sustainable
• Case studies: sustainable tourism in The Gambia and Bhutan
• Case study: sustainable tourism in Cyprus