Tsukuba, Japan—Over the last 50 years, research activities have become increasingly globalized. Although the advantages of global homogenization and standardization have been extensively discussed, ...

The increasingly multicultural fabric of modern societies has given rise to many new issues and conflicts, as ethnic and national minorities demand recognition and support for their cultural identity.

(Op-ed by José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as Executive Secretary of ECLAC, published in ECLAC Notes No. 22, May 2002.) In the economic sphere, the most recent phase of globalization is ...