Culture And Globalization

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of plastic is known worldwide to cause the emission of polychlorinated in poly brominated dioxide. These are among the most toxic compounds known on earth.
Tillman stated in his research that “the establishment business corporation by Multinational Corporation has affect the cultural landscape” p.341
A lot of people are losing trace of their truce culture as a result of globalization, which has brought about by outsourcing. Culture can be defined literally as meaning, a way of life that some live that distinguish one group of people from the other, be it in their language, food, dressing, customs, traditions and beliefs. Tourism, trade and the media have changed the culture of indigenous people in developing countries through globalization.
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Cultural erosion arise as a result of globalization through the use of technology such as the cable television and internet. People across the breath and length of the world especially those in the developing world can watch live television shows that are being screen in the developed world simultaneously. McDonalds’ is an American business which has franchise in many developing countries. By this means the West is saving the man and killing the Indians which is our culture.
Shumba and Mawere research shows that, the continent of Africa loses one third of its trained professionals to the developed world. In Ghana and Zimbabwe, three-quarters of all doctors migrate within a few years of completing their medical degree (UNDP,
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People are dying in the hinter lands in the developing countries where there are no doctors and nurse to run hospitals and clinics. Thousand lot of highly skilled and highly trained professionals in the field of Information Technology (IT), Engineering, Medicine and others leaves the developing countries the to Western economies. It is a trend that the United Nations believe is one of the single greatest obstacles to the developing countries development. A study by Kalipeni et al state that, over 130,000 foreign physicians have been recruited United States saving an estimate of over US$26 billion but meanwhile, US $4 billion is spent on annual salaries of 100,000 foreign experts by Africa, while incurring loss of US$184,000 per emigrating trained doctors (as cited in Sankore, 2006, p.154). It also means that developing countries institutions are progressively dependent on foreign expertise and institutions abundant extracts professionals to bridge the confessional gabs at a cost that amount to millions of dollars every year. They are being lured and enticed with better conditions of service. This is depleting the developing countries of human resources, thereby putting pressure on the already stretched resources. This intend leads to lower productivity and income. At the time when actually developing nations need people with highly skilled and trained

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