Lesson 4

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Lesson 4

1. Discuss §5.3 Booming India

2. Notes on SEZ, outsourcing / offshoring & BRICS 

3. Atlas: Look for SEZs in India and China

Special Economic Zones

Characteristics:

1. Low / no taxes

2. Cheap land

3. Cheap labour & limited labour rights (no trade unions) 

4. No environmental measures

Reason: Make it as attractive as possible for foreign companies to settle in the country (result of outsourcing / offshoring)

What makes it attractive for a country to have SEZs despite the obvious disadvantages?

1. Increase in GNP and more jobs
2. Improved relationship with other nations and more trade
3. Increase in GNP and no environmental protection
4. Improved relationship with other nations and greater job security

Outsourcing means that a company ....

1. creates a new market to sell its goods or services
2. makes profit by selling at another foreign market
3. pays another company to take on a part of its work
4. provides work in another company abroad

Offshoring is the process of

1. moving the headquarters of the business to another country
2. moving a part of the business to a country other than the one in which the company is headquartered.
3. replacing a part of the business by technology
4. creating technological improvements in a part of the business in a foreign country

What is shown in the picture?

1. regional inequality
2. social inequality
3. spatial segregation
4. regional segregation

Migration of Indians to the US could lead to .......... in India

1. Brain drain
2. Brain gain
3. Cultural loss
4. lower demographic pressure

The language spoken by many Indians to communicate is ........ which is their ..............

1. English - lingua faranga
2. Bengali - lingua franca
3. Bengali - lingua faranga
4. English - lingua franca

The development of specific exonomic regions in India could lead to

1. suburbanisation
2. regional inequality
3. overurbanisation
4. social inequality

The ability of many Indians to speak English has contributed to the development of the

1. Special Economic Zones
2. service sector
3. trade
4. industrial sector

What is the main advantage for India of low-skilled migrants going to the Persian Gulf?

1. Lower demographic pressure
2. Decline of unskilled labourers
3. More jobs at home
4. Money is sent home

BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa

Characteristics:

1. Large internal market

2. Many natural resources

3. Large supply of labour

4. Limited press freedom/ democracy