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Globalization

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Linkages between states, societies, and economics intensifying.

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Multinational Corporations (MNCs)

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Firms that produce, distribute, and market goods and services in more than one country. (Apple)

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Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs)

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National and International groups that are independent of any state and pursue policy objectives that foster public participation. (Green-Peace, Amnesty International)

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Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs)

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Groups created by states to serve police ends. WTO, EU, UN.

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International Regime

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Linkage of states through rules and norms that shape their relationships to one another, regarding some sort of issue.

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Bretton Woods System

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Economic regime created in 1944 to manage development, loans to states, and facilitate trade.

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IMF

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Manage exchange rates between countries and provide loans to states in financial difficulty.

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WTO

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Facilitates and manages trade agreements.

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WB

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Provides loans and technical assistance to advance development in LDC.

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Foreign Direct Investment

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Purchase of assets in a country by foreign firm.

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Offshore outsourcing

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Firm moves some of its work to a secondary business that can do it more efficiently or cheaply.