Globalisation - Issues

This is my first book from my reading list, it is a small insight into globalisation but it covers a wide range of aspects of globalisation by asking questions.

pg. 1, OverviewGlobalisation is a short way of describing how people around the world have become much more interconnected. people who geographically live far apart have been brought closer be a kind of revolution in global trading, electronic communications and the faster spread of of ideas and culture. There are good and bad sides to this, especially for children. 

Whats good about it?One argument about globalisation is that it offers people unique opportunities to develop - socially and economically - because it is much easier to trade goods between countries and continents. In theory, the more goods that are are exchanged, the more money is pumped into the economy, which creates more jobs, which should help to cut poverty.
When a society gets riche, it can also afford better health care and education for its children, so they benefit directly.
The internet is another positive aspect of globalisation. It doesn't just generate business, it also allows people to spread campaigning messages around the world, and raise awareness of important issues. The Internet can be very democratic, potentially giving anyone access to millions of other people.
on a more personal mote - need help with your homework? Surf the net and find the answers. Want to find new friends? Anyone can create their own website and beam it around the globe. 

And what's bad? The Internet is only great if you can log on to it. poorer people don't get a look-in. Children who haven't even got electricity get left further and further behind in the global race. The internet is meaningless to billions who lack the skills and technology to use it.
The gap between rich and poor children is growing. Though some people are doing nicely, a few global companies control most of the wealth and power, leaving the great majority of people poor outsiders. Half the world's poor are cildren. At least 600 million children exist on less than 60p a day.
Increasing family poverty and easier cross-border trade exposes children to particular risks. One of the worst examples is commercial sex abuse; traffickers forcing children to become sex workers and 'trading' them like cheap goods across international borders.
The pressure on poor countries to expand their business overseas means growing more crops for export - like coffee, tobacco and flowers. Land that was once used to grow food for local people is being used to grow 'luxury' crops that will be flown oversea to relatively well-off consumers. For example, most ordinary Kenyan families can't afford those nice green beans you see in supermarkets, labelled 'Produce of Kenya.' They are mostly grown for the export to the west. 

So what is the answer? Globalisation can be a force for good, so long as it doesn't expose children to greater poverty and risks, such as dangerous work. People in power have to be aware of the effects of global economic change on children; all too often, their needs and lives aren't taken into account.

so you can see from the off go this book shows both sides of the story and goes on in this way of asking and answering questions.
I understand that globalisation is a good thing for those is benefits and pushes a bigger gap between the those is poverty but why don't countries take globalisation by both hands and gain all the benefits such as betters health care and education for the children?