4.2 Global networks and flows

Unit Contents

• 4.2.1 Global networks and flows - Global trade
• 4.2.2 Global networks and flows - Illegal flows
• 4.2.3 International aid, loans, debt relief and remittances
• 4.2.4 Foreign Direct Investment and outsourcing
• 4.2.5 TNCs - global strategies and supply chains

4.2 Global networks and flows is part of the higher level extension — Global interactions (Paper 3). The geographic inquiry for this sub-topic is: how different places become interconnected by global interactions

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Geographic inquiry: How different places become interconnected by global interactions

• An overview of contemporary global networks and flows:
  • global trade in materials, manufactured goods and services
  • an overview of international aid, loans and debt relief
  • international remittances from economic migrants
  • illegal flows, such as trafficked people, counterfeit goods and narcotics
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and outsourcing by transnational corporations (TNCs), and ways in which this networks places and markets
  • Two contrasting detailed examples of TNCs and their global strategies and supply chains

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