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EVEN THE REMOTEST LANDS are now touched by modernity and virtually everyone is now in contact with far-distant places thanks to modern transport and communications technology, as well as the great global mobility of people, capital, enterprises, information and products.
Some regard this as a threat to their comfortable, traditional way of life. Established traditions and power structures are indeed challenged. Globalisation also punishes the lazy, the hide-bound and the competition-shy. However, many others are discovering that globalisation empowers and rewards the small, not-yet-established producers and those living in remote locations, as long as they are ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Mendicancy or membership? The South Pacific and the world community.