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| is where companies and countries are baased more on creativity, in finance, media and management, rather than on the production of goods |
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| where companies demand goods from suppliers on short timescales, rather than producing and holding large volumes of stock themselves |
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| the processes by which people, thier cultures, money, goods and information can be transferred between countries with few or no barriers |
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| are how places and people are linked together, e.g. by trade, transport and information links, and by political control |
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| economically disconnected |
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| when a country becomes less influential and less involved in economic decision-making |
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| the means by which the world would become more economically uniform, using Western investment aimed at reducing poverty |
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| countries which group together to improve their economic interests and trade patterns |
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| the International Monetary Fund (IMF) |
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| a global banking organisation based in Washington (and largely controlled by the USA), which exists to ensure global banking stability by assisting countries with investments and debt |
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| zones in which buisnesses are free to import raw materials, processes and manufacture them, and re-export without paying duties or tariffs - helping to keep costs down |
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| means employing overseas labour in their home country to do a job under contract to provide a service for a company in a developed country. usually associated with IT software development, banks, and service companies (e.g. call centres) |
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| are those from which migrants have come |
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| are those where migrants decide to go, or to which they are admitted |
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| is the difference between birth rate and death rate in a population |
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| is the inward flow of people into a country |
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| means that the average age of the population is increasing, usually due to increasing life expectancy and a falling birth rate |
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| the average number of children born per woman |
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| a group of people living in a community which is isolated or seperated from the rest of the population |
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| the figure arrived at when natural increase is subtracted from the total change in population |
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| the proportion of people in each age group compared to other countries |
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| the increase in the percentage of people living in towns and cities |
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| has a population of over 5 million |
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| has a population of over 10 million |
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| are cities of power based on trade, political strength, innovation and communications |
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| a very large urban area that contains several metropolitan centres |
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| is the decline in manufacturing (secondary) industry, and the growth in tertiary and quaternary industry |
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| is part of a city in which the population is mainly from one ethnic group, often with its own religious beliefs and places of worship, together with shops and community centres |
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| where the increase in the urban population is happening so rapidly that the city cannot cope with the needs of the people |
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| means self-employed work that is irregular and with little security, e.g. street trading |
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| is a measure of the amount of land and water that a population needs in order to produce the resources that it consumes, and to absorb its waste, with existing technology |
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| is a programme run by the United Nations related to sustainable development. It is a plan of action to be taken globally, nationally, and locally by organisations of the UN, governments and major groups in every area in which humans impact on the environment |
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| is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet thier own needs |
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