image Globalization, development and malnutrition

Learning outcomes

At the end of this chapter, the reader should be able to:

  Evaluate some definitions and contradictory theories of globalization

  Analyse the role of ideologies in the globalization process and the role of International Financial Institutions (IFIs) in the transformation of the global food system

  Understand some of the controversies that surround the globalization of agriculture and food

  Evaluate the role of corporate globalization in the creation of under- and overnutrition

Key concepts

Globalization; generic globalization; corporate globalization; neo-liberalism; International ...

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