2. Global networks and flows

Syllabus Link: How different places become interconnected by global
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Contemporary Global Networks and Flows

Global trade in materials, manufactured goods and services

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   Interactive map: Global flow of goods
   Article & videos: The goods & commodities shaping world trade
   Visualization: Global goods trade interactive
   Visualizations: OECD interactive trade graphs & maps
​   PDF: WTO trade summary 2017
   PDF: WTO goods & services summary 2017

An overview of international aid, loans and debt relief

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   Interactive map: Global flow of goods
​   Activity: Global flows summaries
   Resources: Global flows articles and videos
​   Website: Global Flows 

International remittances from economic migrants
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   Article:  Aid in reverse - How poor countries develop rich countries

Illegal flows, such as trafficked people, counterfeit goods and narcotics

Trafficked People
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   Interactive map: Human trafficking flows
   Article: Human life is more expendable

Counterfeit Goods
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   Article: Global flow in fake goods

Narcotics
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   Article & maps: Maps of the hard drug trade
​   Wiki: The illegal drug trade
   Report: Global drug trade worth half a trillion dollars

Wildlife Trafficking
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    PDF: Environmental crime - The trafficking of wildlife and timber
​    Infographic: Illegal wildlife trade 
    Infographic: Ivory poaching facts
​    Article: Thai trafficking kingpin arrested

FDI & Outsourcing - TNCs & Global Flows

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and outsourcing by transnational corporations (TNCs), and ways in which this networks places and markets

Intro to TNCs

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   Slides: Introduction to TNCs
   Website: BBC Bitesized - Transnational Corporations
   Webpage: Worlds top 10 largest companies in 2020
​   Reading: Who is more powerful - States or corporations?

FDI

Outsourcing

TNCs Case Studies

Two contrasting detailed examples of TNCs and their global strategies and supply chains

IKEA

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  Website: Ikea - About us
​  Wiki: Ikea
​  Prezi: Ikea's supply chain
​  Article: How does Ikea's supply chain really work?
  Article: Ikea - our suppliers

Apple
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    Article: Where are Apple products made? 
​    Article: Designed in California but made in China
    Article: Is Apple's supply chain really #1
    Article:  Apple says it won't repatriate profits until it has a fair rate
​    Fact Sheet: Apple workers in Shenzhen