The Enduring Debate of Globalization

What is Globalization?

To achieve the sustainable development of the country, the idea of using progressive strategy is applied. The globalization is one of the steps that were considered strategy (Romano, 2000). Globalization is the term used to answer the changing world. It is in the way of process in advancing and indeed, increasing the interaction among the countries and peoples facilitated by progressive technological changes. The said changes may arise from the communication, political and military power, knowledge and skills. Part of these changes is the interaction of cultures and values, systems and practices enhancements (Nsibambi, 2001).

The globalization process was facilitated by governmental policies, private corporations, international agencies and civil society organizations. In further view, the globalization seeks to deploy a country’s economic, political, technological, ideological and military power and therefore, influence the world with a competitive domination. In optimistic approach, globalization offers great opportunities although there are various evidences that it delivers drawbacks and benefits which are unevenly distributed within and across the countries.

Tossing the Coin for Globalization

The Positive Side

- Ideally, globalization open’s people’s lives to other cultures and al theirs creativity and to the flow of ideas and values.

- The information and communication technologies have eased interaction among countries and peoples.

- In addition, globalization has eased the international trade and commerce, facilitated foreign investment and the flow of capital.

- Globalization has freed labor across boundaries and facilitated the sharing of ideas that is often called as “brain trade”.

- Evidently, the globalization process has set the new rules that can integrate the global market.

- And globalization is creating a global village out of a wide and diverse world.

The Negative Side

- As the cultures interact in the process of globalization, some cultures are being diluted or destroyed at the expense of others and the negative values are being spread all over the world with relative ease.

- The world in the present is divided between the connected, who know and who have a monopoly on almost everything, and the isolated, who do not know and who practically have nothing.

- Another is that the globalization has encouraged the illicit drug trades, prostitution, pornography, human smuggling, dumping of dangerous waste and depletion of the environment by unscrupulous entrepreneurs.

- Globalization, although introduced the “brain trade”, also facilitated the “brain drain” in developing countries, and reducing the use of the human capacity.

- Accordingly, globalization also set new global rules that have further marginalized the poor countries and people, especially those who belong in areas of trade.

- Lastly, globalization has created the global village of people who are unconnected and unskilled.

The Response to Globalization

A country that wants to adopt the idea of globalization and its process should response on the effects that it might bring. The nation should be open to uncertainty, ambiguity and change. With these, the people should develop and make it possible to strengthen the public administration (Nsibambi, 2001).

The country should be able to adhere to openness and accountability as well as to be in democratic and sensitive problems of the people within the country. Adopting a proactive approach on globalization is another advantage to handle the challenges as it poses the benefits and offering the planning activities ahead. The reality of globalization is that either country changes or the globalizing forces are the subject for change. In globalization, every country should address the capacity of human force and needs whether in skills, knowledge, attitude, networks, or in information technology. The developing country should not forget its people because the globalization made them as the drivers toward the change.

Addressing the institutional capacity needs should be also tailored to adopt in the changing world of business industry. These capacities might be in addressing the policy, analysis, planning, monitoring and evaluation of different business society. Adopting the offered techniques for both national and international affairs can be done by embracing the application of information technology in public administration’s practices and developing the social capital, especially in investing in education and health sectors. In a broad concept on globalization, it is usually describe as a variety of changes that reflects in increased economy of the countries. The flow of goods and services across the boundaries, reduction policy and barriers transport of trade, international capital flows, outsourcing activities, foreign investments, vitality rate of exchange, and immigration are part of the changes (Goldberg and Pavcnik, 2006).

Analysis

In economic view, the movement of goods, services, capital, firms, and people which are usually consumers are believed to contribute a lot to the spread of technology, knowledge, culture, and information. As the economy concentrated too much on the globalization, it will reflect mostly their approach on the trade liberalization, outsourcing, and capital flows within and across the countries (Goldberg and Pavcnik, 2006).

Sustainability must face the impact of globalization in every part of the country, whether it became successful or not. There are decisions made by the corporations that clearly affect every people living in the same country. It is true that globalization has promoted economic growth but it is also true that behind the progress, there are many failures that the globalization unintentionally considered as part of the global change.

References:

Goldberg, P., & Pavcnik, N., (2006) Distributional Effects of Globalization in Developing Countries [Online] Available at: http://www.econ.yale.edu/~pg87/JEL_Globalization.pdf [Accessed 27 Nov 2009].

Nsibambi, A., (2001) The Effects of Globalization on the State in Africa: Harnessing the Benefits and Minimizing the Costs [Online] Available at: http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/un/unpan001978.pdf [Accessed 27 Nov 2009].

Romano, P., (2000) Sustainable Development: A Strategy That Reflects the Effects of Globalization on the International Power Structure, Houston Journal of International Law, 23(1)