The uneven benefits of globalization are creating a growing divide between rich and poor countries, accdg. to the United Nations' labor organization. The report found that 188 million people are unemployed worldwide, or 6.2 percent of the labor force; that the gap between rich and poor nations has widened, with countries representing 14 percent of the world's population accounting for half the world's trade and foreign investment; and that in the developing world, women have been harmed more than men by globalization. The report also said that women's traditional livelihoods as subsistence farmers or small producers have been undermined by foreign subsidized agriculture or foreign imports but, as women, they face cultural barriers when looking for alternative occupations.
The gap between rich and poor has grown wider .Globalization's ''volatility threatens both rich and poor,'' the report said. ''Open societies are threatened by global terrorism, and the future of open markets is increasingly in question.'' Among the suggestions offered to expand the benefits of globalization were: improved international governance, more transparency in trade laws, better protection for people and goods crossing borders, increasing development assistance to poorer nations and better enforcement of international labor standards and immigration rights. Arguing that globalization has its most direct effect on people through their work and employment, the report called for the enforcement of the four core international labor standards. They are the right to organize and bargain collectively, the elimination of compulsory labor, the abolition of child labor and the ending of discrimination in employment.
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For the poor labor supplier nation like the Philippines, to become competitive in the world of globalization should ensure the core competences of their labor is always above par by leaving no hindsight in the training and development aided with the political will of the government to achieve the goal.
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