Globalization - its influences & impacts on specific regions of Africa

Abstract

Relying on her own practical experience, the author presents the possible ways of opening up job opportunities in some selected regions of developing countries in Africa. The paper will thus cover both merits and demerits of globalization encountered in the countries´ economies and in their social & cultural spheres. Applying previous experience, the text aims to provide theoretical summary of the globalization process and its consequences for the continent. In addition, it highlights the causal relation between unemployment and migration, and shows the disruptive influence that globalization has on the local markets and social & cultural life. In the empirical section of the paper the author submits results of her own combined research that employed both quantitative and qualitative methods. The research, conducted in Uganda.