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In addition, companies increasingly organize production globally, dividing product design, component manufacturing and final assembly among many countries.
另外，公司越來越多地在世界范圍內組織生產，把產品設計、零部件生產、最后的產品組裝分散到許多國家進行。
But it is not just multinational companies, seeking bigger sales and profits that drive globalization. Governments do, too. In Europe, the relentless pursuit of the "single market" is one indicator. This reflects a widespread recognition that European companies will be hard-pressed to compete in global markets if their local operations are hamstrung by fragmented national markets.
不過，推動全球化的并不單單是追求更高銷售額和利潤的跨國公司，各國政府也起著促進的作用。在歐洲，不懈追求的“單一市場”就是一個信號。這反映了一種共識：如果歐洲公司在當地的運營受到支離破碎的國內市場的阻礙，那么它們將在參與全球市場的競爭中面臨窘境。
Among poorer countries, the best sign of support is the clamor to get into the World Trade Organization. Since 1995, seven countries—Bulgaria, Ecuador, Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Mongolia and Panama—have joined. And 32 are seeking membership. There is a belief that global trade and investment can aid economic development by providing new products, technologies and management skills.
對于一些較為貧窮的國家來說，支持全球化的最好信號就是強烈要求加入世界貿易組織。1995年以來，7個國家——保加利亞、厄瓜多爾、愛沙尼亞、吉爾吉斯斯坦、拉脫維亞、蒙古和巴拿馬——已經加入了世貿組織。還有32個國家正在積極尋求加入。人們相信，通過提供新的產品、技術和管理方式，全球貿易和投資會有助于經濟發展。
It's no myth. Countries succeed or fail mainly based on their own workers, investment and government policies. But engaging the wider world economy can help.
這不是什么天方夜譚。一個國家的成功與否，主要取決于本國的工人、投資與政府政策，但參與到更大范圍的世界經濟中會對本國經濟有所幫助。
Consider Asia. Despite its financial crisis, rapid trade expansion and economic growth sharply cut the number of the desperately poor. From 1987 to 1998, those in the region, including China, with incomes of $1 or less a day dropped to 15 percent from 27 percent of the population, the World Bank estimates.
以亞洲為例，盡管遭受了金融危機，但快速的貿易擴張和經濟增長大幅度削減了赤貧人口的數量。據世界銀行估計，從1987到1998年間，包括中國在內的地區或國家中，日平均收入在1美元或不足1美元的人口從占總數的27%下降到15%。
