Thinking global, living local: Voices in a globalized world

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  • The effects of globalization on Cambodia

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    Judging by the socio-economic changes from the 1990s through to the present decade, the outcomes of globalization in Cambodia have been quite rapid and positive. Cambodia’s regional integration through the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 1999, and the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2004 have spured on the globalization process. […]

  • Get Out of the Local Box

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    ‘I just sold organic honey from Brazil to Israel and now I’m working on selling wine from Spain to Ukraine’. This is how my friend Kiril describes his working day. Kiril is  is a sales and business development consultant in a company he manages with a partner. It mainly operates […]

  • Rural road in Tamesis Antioquia

    Turning to Localization instead of Globalization

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    I grew up in a time when the barriers between developed countries and developing countries started becoming permeable. Windows opened and I could peek into life in other latitudes.  As I learned about lives of people in other places, I absorbed the message that development meant I should aspire to […]