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Page last updated at 13:31 GMT, Thursday, 3 April 2008 14:31 UK
Bangalore shopping mall and rickshaws
Globalisation shakes the world
Globalisation - the increasing economic integration of the world - is having profound effects on rich and poor countries alike.
Shanghai: Creating a global city
Globalising the car industry


KEY FACTS AND FIGURES

Riots in Banagalore April 2006 Explaining Globalisation
Closed GM plant in Flint The global car industry
PHOTO JOURNALS
In pictures: Mass production
Boomtown Bangalore
Robots at ToyotaLean production
The revolution that transformed car manufacturing
Many Shanghai citizens still use bikes or scootersGreening Shanghai
Can China's largest city balance growth and the environment?
Azim PremjiReluctant tycoon
India's richest man believes it is his duty to help the poor

IT OUTSOURCING IN INDIA

Call centre worker Multinationals head for India
India leads the IT revolution as multinationals rush to set up business in Bangalore

Offshoring the news
The rise of the Bangalore Tigers
India's vision for a digital billion
The global war for talent
Returning your call... to the UK
Special Report: India Rising
DECLINE OF DETRIOT

Closed factory, Buick City, Flint, Michigan The decline of Detroit
Globalisation affects all of us - but there have been few more dramatic changes than the decline of the US car makers.

The dilemma for US car workers
Toyota, an All American firm?
GM betting on a greener future
Chasing the baby boomers
Can Bill Gates save Ford?

SHANGHAI'S ECONOMIC BOOM

shanghai at night Creating a global city
The transformation of Shanghai into a global city has been driven by China's surge into world markets.

China's drive overseas
The changing face of outsourcing
A billion banking customers
Cracking China's car market
China's new economic frontier


K. Jairaj, commissioner, city of BangaloreBoomtown Blues
The challenges for India's fastest-growing city - Bangalore
clothing factory workers in ShanghaiChina's dilemma
Can factory owners treat workers better and still make money?
Doug ThomsOutsourcing woes
Readers tell how globalisation has affected their lives

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