Cultural Globalization and Its Effects

Question :

How does globalization affect producers and consumers?

. How are producers of products like clothing or food affected differently by globalization than consumers?

. In what ways is globalization experienced differently by people from wealthy countries compared to people in developing countries?

. How does this connect to global health?

. Does globalization affect the health, specifically, of producers of products like clothing or food differently than it does consumers?

If so, how?

If not, why not?

Answer :

Globalization has resulted in both positive and negative effects on producers and consumers. The abundance of foreign capital has helped the large scale companies as well as the local businesses to flourish. However, on the downside, small businesses suffered huge losses due to lack of infrastructure to compete with global brands (Sheikh, Osman, & Dahir, 2012). Similarly for consumers, globalization has brought better quality products and better choices but it has also stirred up the evils of consumerism (Griffith & Marion, 2019). 

The number of producers have increased at a rate more than that of the consumers. This means that producers who produce items like food and clothing have increased in number and they are also increasing their range of products but the customers remain stable (Afzal, Yunfei Shao, Sajid, & Afzal, 2019). Moreover, as an effect of globalization companies have to adjust to local tastes and preferences of the consumers.

Globalization varies from developing to developed countries due to cultural, social, economic and political differences. The process of negotiation varies between the countries and so does the benefits. Globalization in developing countries are synonymous to subsidies and incentives. Such incentives mainly come from the government with the objective of economic reforms. While on one hand globalization has brought significant improvements in the healthcare services it has also risked the chances of newer health concerns. One such example has been provided by (Griffith & Marion, 2019)   through the incident of Ebola outbreak in 2014. It was caused by an airplane full of infected people who carried the virus from Africa to the U.S (Griffith & Marion, 2019). Also, globalization can affect the health of producers and consumers in different ways. While it offers improved working conditions and health benefits for the producers, compromised qualities affects the consumers negatively in some cases (Shaffer & Brenner, 2007).

1 References

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Shaffer, E., & Brenner, J. (2007). Globalization and Its Impact on Health. The Global Health Education Consortium .

Sheikh, A., Osman, A., & Dahir, H. (2012). The Effect of Globalization on Local Industries: A Case of Mogadishu Manufacturers. International Journal of Business and Management Tomorrow.