GEOG 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Deindustrialization, Nicholas Kristof, Sweatshop
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10: how we got here from the south. In 1945, singapore and indonesia were both colonies of european countries (uk, netherlands: roughly equal per capita incomes. 2016: singapore per capita income = , 082 4th in the world: purchasing power parity: ppp. 2016: indonesia per capita income = , 069 (100th in the world purchasing power parity) Colonialism and the classic international division of labour. International division of labour = the geography of global specialization and production: different countries specialize in certain types of products. Pakistan: fruits (cid:862)classic(cid:863) for(cid:373): colonial countries specialize in manufacturing, colonies in the production. Increasing emergence of industrializing countries in the global south: the (cid:862)newly industrialized. Eco(cid:374)o(cid:373)ies(cid:863) (countries) (cid:862)four tigers(cid:863): singapore, hong kong, taiwan, korea. Nidl flip-side of deindustrialization found in the north: rise of pohang (korea, fall of youngstown, ohio (us) Export oriented manufacturing sector powers the global south to development. Possible because: liberalization of trade (bretton.
