This article reviews the arguments surrounding globalization and the business model that it promotes and its effects on world poverty, with a particular focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Globalization, supported by modern technology, involves the elimination of trade barriers that had previously restricted transnational corporations and banking institutions access to Third World markets and resources. The processes of globalization are geared toward a global culture that promotes a change in traditional export/import patterns in favor of what the world market demands. However, it is these market forces and economic objectives that are driving the growing inequality within and between nations, resulting in billions of people living in varying states of poverty. The people and institutions who adopt and promote this business approach do not play nice—as can be attested by the millions who are trapped in poverty in sub-Saharan Africa and the rest of the world. This article argues that an equitable global market based on the globalization business model is an unattainable utopia.

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全球化是否未能缓解撒哈拉以南非洲的贫困？

本文回顾了围绕全球化及其促进的商业模式及其对世界贫困的影响的争论，特别关注撒哈拉以南非洲地区。在现代技术的支持下，全球化涉及消除以前限制跨国公司和银行机构进入第三世界市场和资源的贸易壁垒。全球化进程面向一种全球文化，这种文化促进了传统进出口模式的改变，以适应世界市场的需求。然而，正是这些市场力量和经济目标正在推动国家内部和国家之间日益加剧的不平等，导致数十亿人生活在不同的贫困状态。采用和推广这种商业方法的人和机构表现不佳——撒哈拉以南非洲和世界其他地区陷入贫困的数百万人可以证明这一点。本文认为，基于全球化商业模式的公平全球市场是一个遥不可及的乌托邦。