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It is often said that the world is becoming smaller. While this is not true in a literal sense most people know what is meant — that transportation and communication technologies allow us to reach places far more quickly and with less effort than was the case in the past and to communicate across the globe very quickly indeed.
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Recommended Further Reading
Joseph Stiglitz, ex chief economist at the World Bank, sets out his views on the WTO and IMF in Globalization and its Discontents (2002). Mike Moore, Director General of the WTO from 1999 until 2002 provides an insight into the WTO in A World Without Walls (2003), while a Global Community by Akira Iriye (2002) and Fowler’s (2000) The Virtuous Spiral provide useful information on the role of NGOs. Kapur Lewis and Webb (1997) provide information about the World Bank.
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Cartwright, R. (2004). A shrinking world 1 — global governance. In: Mastering the Globalization of Business. Palgrave Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-80202-5_3
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