Most people accept that we now live in a globalised world, but not everyone agrees that this is beneficial. Is globalisation positive or negative development?

Communication and transportation technologies are a precursor to globalisation. Although a high proportion of people concede that they live in a global village, it is not accepted by all that globalisation is advantageous. But I think globalisation is a positive development because it has reduced unemployment in many countries and improved cooperation among nations.

Globalisation has created more job opportunities for people. In the past, when no transportation and communication means were present, people had to live and work in their local areas. Despite having skills, they had to work on farms or cottage industries. So limited jobs were available for people. But now, because of faster transportation and communication channel, people can travel anywhere in the world where more jobs are available. Many countries provide easier work visas to attract skilled workers from everywhere, which reduces unemployment in other countries. Work visa sponsoring nations also benefit from inexpensive labour from third world countries by producing cheaper goods and services. It is how they earn more profit. People who think globalisation is not beneficial, as citizens of other countries occupy their jobs, are unaware that cheap labour contributes to their country’s development, in turn, produce more jobs. Therefore, globalisation allows workers to migrate to any country and get jobs easily.

More coordination has also been brought by globalisation. Governments of all countries are now more connected comparatively the past. They help each other in several ways which were not possible before. If any mishap happens in one nation, it is considered a global concern. It leads other countries to help the victim nation. The people’s republic of china, for instance, sent hundreds of nurses and doctors to Italy to contain Corona Virus and take care of patients. It was not possible before globalisation because of the lack of faster communication and transportation mediums. Thus, cooperation has also increased due to globalisation.

In conclusion, even though some people think that globalisation has reduced jobs in their county, in reality, it has created more job opportunities by developing new businesses with the help of cheap labour. It also encouraged more cooperation among countries and led them to help each other. So globalisation is a positive development.