World capitalism had outgrown the stage of free competition and had entered its monopoly stage,
financial support of imperialism. This situation contributed to the global expansion of the economy
through mainly the internationalization of capital.
economic dimension
The globalization process is effected
through trade flows of capital,
information and knowledge, circulating
around the world and involve a greater
or lesser extent, most of the countries.
However, this process is profoundly
asymmetric and favors a small group of
highly developed nations, who control
the world economy, while most
countries should settle for the role of
passive and highly vulnerable to
international changes actors,
influenced by political applied by the
power centers economic, political,
cultural and military.
Political dimension
On the other hand, despite the undeniable progress of international trade and
financial flows, most of the activity takes place within countries or within mega
economic blocs such as the European Union or the Free Trade of America North
(NAFTA). The advance of globalization has also been hampered by large war
(first and second world wars) conflict and by hemispheric economic crisis.
Similarly, protectionist and discriminatory policies practiced by the affluent
nations, prevent most countries actively participate in trade and finance; ie fail
to go global, and if they do it is only through transnational residents in their
enclave economies. The material support of globalization is deepening
international division of labor, where the prevalence corresponds to a handful
of highly developed countries. Advances of the most backward countries are
determined by the presence of foreign capital in their economies, which has
been refined integration scheme appendix, where strategic decisions a
Social dimension
Globalization affects human development
index. According to UNDP human
development index it provides a
composite measure of three dimensions of
human development: living a long and
healthy life (measured by life expectancy);
be educated (measured by adult literacy
rate and enrollment in primary, secondary
and tertiary education); and enjoy a decent
standard of living (measured by income
according to purchasing power parity). The
index is not in any sense a comprehensive
measure of human development. For
example, it does not include important
indicators such as respect for human rights,
democracy and equality, but does provide a
broad perspective for human progress and
the complex relationship between income
and well-being ?? (UNDP, 2006: 47). Besides
the evolution of the HDI over the years it
has not been the same for all countries and
not necessarily the most economic
developed and are showing the best results
technologically. In short, we can say that
there has been significant