At a coastal freight terminal, standard steel boxes are transferred directly between ships, lorries and trains. The government also removes charges that had made imported components more expensive. Which driving factors of globalisation are illustrated by these changes?
Containerisation and fewer restrictions on trade
Foreign investment and access to larger world markets
Higher GDP per capita and wider access to health care
Lower consumer prices and more employment in export industries
49 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Economics 4.4 Globalisation, covering 4.4.1 What is globalisation, 4.4.2 Measuring development, 4.4.3 Globalisation in developed countries, and 4.4.4 Globalisation in less developed countries. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.