Frisca Omega Kaligis- The impact of globalization

 The impact of Globalizaton

Globalization comes from word "Global" whose meaning is universal. Globalization means a process that incudes a whole in various speres of life so itdoes not seem to mention the boundaries of the real. Globalization in a literal sense is a social change, a growing attachement between people and the elements that occur due to transculturation and technological developments in transportation and communications that facilitate cultural exchange and international economics.
     
      The penomenon of globalization which is being faced by mankind since the 20th century can be characterized by several things, such as characterized by high level of human mobility in the form of immigrant, tourists, refugees, and workers, characterized by mobility technology, the emergence of multinational and transnational corporation whose activities can penetrate national borders. Financial flows that appear with the increasing mobility of capital, investment, purchases via the internet and safe deposit in a foreign bank. Characterized by the growing strenght of the mobility of information, both through print and electronic media, characterized by intensified the new value is entered into a state.

       The positive impact of globalization, namely advances in technology and information facilitate human in interacting with other human beings. Negative impacts are the number of people whose values and culture change by imitating, or their selectively. The other impact is emergence of two major ideologies that dominate the world, effect of globalization on the political system in many developing countries. The effort to maintain the country's sovereignty through the creation of weapons system, as well as the empowerment of the people and the army formed a defense pact. Number of values and culture of the people who change the way imitate or apply is selectively, such as the presence of moderenization in all spheres of life.
     So, according to my conclusion globalization is good for us, just how we respond well.

Thanks,
Frisca Omega Kaligis.

The Importance of International Trade and Its Effect for Indonesian Economic Resilience

 Why do we need International Trade ?

As we know the effects of globalization is create the situation that all country in the world is interdependence. so that it giving a new thought to do the International Trade. Actually all countries  have different potential of natural resource so not all countries in the world can produce a goods that they want.

This situation generates idea, how can i have the stuff that i can not produce ?  then finally they form ​an economic cooperation among countries to do the Trade. International Trade is done between developed countries with developing countries , among developed countries , or vice versa. as examples is like Indonesia is able to produce rice but cannot produce Tank , so that they perform the trade with the United States that capable of producing Tank but not rice.

The Idea of doing the International Trade is begins from a thousand years ago, there are several Theories that explain the emergence of International Trade. According of the Adam Smith thought he said that a country has an absolute advantage compared to other countries in producing some goods and services. this theory later named the Theory of Absolute Advantage. whereas according to the theory developed by David Ricardo named the Theory of Comparative Advantage said that country has an absolute advantage is that the country is able to produce goods and services with the cheaper price.

The World Economic is highly developed and become so dynamic because it never separate from increased international trade activity. The International Trade is bring a big impact to others sectors such as encourage of Industrialization, Transportation, Technology and influence the rise of Multinational Corporation. And furthermore International Trade it obviously accelerate the increase of country's economic growth rate like foreign exchange and etc.

Although International Trade can improve the economic performance of a country but it also have the negative effect for the country such as :

1. The Country will be very depend to other countries

2. Bring out the unfair competition in international trade

3. The Society become more Consumptive

4. Economic colonization by developed countries

Indeed strengthening national economic power becomes absolutely necessary if a country wants to enter the international trade market. Indonesia must realize that if we do a lot of import policy that means our structure economic power in the country is very weak, because our homeland product will become very difficult to compete with imported products. One good example is lastyear Indonesia still imports rice from 5 countries. This proves that rice production in the country is so low that if imported rice is often done it will make Indonesia farmers will experience a great problem.

So now Indonesia urgently needed new policies by the government to strengthen the economic stability in the country so that will be able to compete in the international trade market.

By Alvin Ernesto/1701350380

Reference : 

- Fahmi, Irham (2013). EKONOMI POLITIK Teori dan Realita. Bandung : Penerbit Alfabeta.

- http://www.anneahira.com/perdagangan-internasional-21404.htm

Globalization Runs The World

This is the era where everyone starts asking ‘why and how’ things happen, people tend to seek the explanation than just the simple answer.  Technology develops, information goes transparent and so does human, they develop the way they think too. Globalization means the deployment of things for example like culture, it goes worldwide and affects another country. Globalization has its own characteristic, it’s unavoidable and will happen from time to time.

For me, globalization is more than that, it is a connection between one to another state in several aspect. It connects the state because it affects them, the need of high technology makes it clear that there’s a dependency between one to another state. The line that used to restrict the privacy of some state becomes a little blurry and when the line’s gone the world would seem as a similarity with no difference in any side.

Globalization brings international trade exists. International trade as we know is now become one of the most important thing which every country should participate in order to make the world acknowledge their existence. It is a global activity between state to another state, it somehow bounds the connectivity with another state where every state seeks to have. To be connected with another state especially with a superpower and hegemonic state is a benefit for each country especially for developing country.

It is true that international trade tends to make state wants to compete with another state, and there’re so many cons against international trade because it reduces the opportunity for domestic businessman. There will be a dependence between countries, and also international trade makes people become consumptive, even if there are a lot of cons against it the pros cannot be neglected. Although dependence is a bad thing that might leads country to a destruction, dependence is also the key that might leads the world to be united and finally make peace happen. Interaction, trust, the same needs which entwined between countries, is actually one of the step that can bring peace to the world. For example, WTO contributes to the process of increasing the globalization and global integration and interdependence of national economies all over the globe because it helps the member countries to meet and discuss issues and evolve generally accepted solutions for conclusion of agreements on the further opening up and liberalization of trading regimes in different countries.

Globalization is so important for the world, it brings a lot of great things such as information that helps each state to cooperate in international trade so I totally agree with the existence of globalization because without it the world couldn’t finally be united, each state would isolate themselves and it’s only a matter of time before it leads the world to an end.

Resources:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071231230312AAyIiVU


Created By:

Yohana Sarah Mukti Kristanti / 1701349933

Global Effects on a Small Pacific Island Nation

Are you familiar with the Pacific Islands? 

The Pacific islands consist of fourteen countries that have, not only amazing beaches, but also are rich in natural resources.  Some people are still not so familiar with those beautiful islands, so I decided to introduce one of the small island countries in Melanesia in the South Pacific, Fiji.

Fiji was colonized by Great Britain and gained its independence in 1970; seventeen years following it became a republic.  Fiji has allowed globalization to reach the nation, one way it shows is in a better education system (compared to other Pacific island countries) that allows foreign teachers to teach Fijian students according to the teachers’ own countries’ education systems with different ideas and ways of teaching in Fijian schools. Moreover, globalization has been helping Fiji to become more developed and advanced, not only academically but economically as well.

With a population of around 900,000 people, Fiji has a 7,6% unemployment rate, which according to the CIA in 1999, ranked them in the low 80s worldwide.  The government of Fiji provides agricultural jobs for the people as agriculture contributes to one of the largest proportions of trade income in the country after tourism.  A free trade system and open market policy that was adopted by the country and the geographically tropical land benefit the country, not only domestically but also internationally in terms of international trade and economics. Even though the competition is very high nowadays, Fiji has shown the world that their natural resources can compete for the needs in the global market.  Sugarcane, coconuts, cassava (manioc), rice, sweet potatoes, bananas, cattle, pigs, horses, goats and fish are the main products that Fiji exports to bigger, and more well-developed countries like USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand. According to a 2013 report put together by the CIA, these exported goods make up just under 40% of the Fijian GDP (by composition, end use). This number points to the fact that Fiji has become a nation that relies heavily on international trade and global markets. 

However, more than just an exporting country, Fiji is the perfect example of a small undeveloped country that is reaping the benefits of globalization. With an economy that is based largely on tourism, making up 70% of GDP in 2013 according to the CIA (composition, by sector of origin), it is no surprise that Fiji has remained an open market that also enthusiastically embraces globalization as a driving source of life in the small island nation. Without a constantly shrinking globe, in terms of globalization, it might be worrying to see the state of a country that exports only similar goods to so many others, in this case, globalization becomes the lifeline of this small Pacific island nation.

While Fiji enjoys a peaceful network of international trade with very few to no international disputes or controversies, it will be interesting to see what the future holds for a nation that deals with internal issues such as poverty and corruption. The results will provide useful for those of us seeking to understand the impact of domestic policies on international systems of trade, as well as the impact of globalization on public perception and continued support and investment in such a country. 

-Dewi Mulyasari, #1701345645

Sources:

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fj.html

http://www.pacifictradeinvest.com/

http://www.heritage.org/index/country/fiji