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A Research Proposal for Studying the Effects of Globalization in Africa

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the developed world get glimpses of the continent from news specials or other television fare to films that accentuate the problems that the African people face. Still, people go home  and fail to identify with the people as individuals with real needs and feelings. While much of the literature blames globalization for a detrimental effect on Africa, there is still  a lack of human data in this realm. Bridge (2002) explains: "Researchers have been more interested in understanding and debating the processes of globalization than in relating these processes to  specific outcomes or examining the significance of diverse outcomes for those who live with globalization as an everyday social reality" (p.361). The people are at the heart of the  dilemma and can provide glimpses of the true problems and perhaps solutions for a better future. In order to do original research on this topic, a student might want to  go to Africa and interview its residents or find a contact there and have this individual distribute questionnaires. Ideally, face to face communication in a village is preferred. It is  this way that a researcher can get the true flavor of the people and their way of life. The reason for face to face interviewing goes to the fact that  unexpected information may be uncovered. Robert Chamber used this technique in both Asia and Africa (Muhumuza, 2002). Through the implementation of this "bottom up" approach, he learned that the  perceptions of poverty to come from the people include the idea that there is a lack of food security as well as a lack of employment opportunities (2002). To those  who suffer most, children must work as opposed to receiving an education and the family has to live in dilapidated housing (2002). Based on this information, a student conducting similar