Measuring Globalisation

• KOF Index


  produced by the Swiss Economic Institute- scored country based on their interactions with other countries
• what does the KOF Index measure?


  measures the progress of globalization, combines economic, political, and social globalisation
• A T Kearny Index


  Measures how globalised a country has become
• what does the AT Kearney Index


  -political engagement

  -technological connectivity

  -personal contact

  -economic integration
• How does the National Brands Index work?


  Shows the reputation of countries and their influence, trade and investors
• What are good countries?


  Countries the contribute to the world- safer, richer, fairer
• Good country index


  Ranks countries based on its global contribution- science and tech, culture, international lease and safety, world order, planet and climate, prosperity and equality
• World Brandt Line


  Separating the north and south

  -north having 80% of wealth

  -south having 80% of population
• Composite


  Looking at factors under an umbrella- HDI, uses multiple indicators
• Measuring Development

  Economic- unemployment, money spent to services, imports vs exports

  Social- birth rate, dr per person, infant mortality rate, education, gender equality

  Environmental- distance to green space, vegetation, degradation, forestry coverage
• OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)


  international organization that works to meet the challenges of globalization, helping governments achieve sustainable economic growth while maintaining financial stability
• income equality


  An attempt to measure distribution of income in society
• Relative poverty


  How poor you are in comparison to those around you
• Absolute poverty


  Not being able to meet basic needs
• HPI - Human Poverty Index


  a measure developed by the United Nations to investigate the proportion of a population suffering from deprivation in a country with a high HDI
• HPI-1 Developing Countries


  Assessed by:

  Longevity- the probability of not living to 10

  Knowledge- adult literacy rate

  Quality of life- % of population with insufficient water and underweight children
• HPI-2 (developed countries)


  Asses by:

  Longevity- the probability of not living past 60

  Knowledge- % of adults lacking functional literacy skills

  Quality of life- % of population living under the poverty line
• Gini Coefficient


  A measure of income inequality within a population, ranging from zero for complete equality, to one if one person has all the income.
• Disapora


  the dispersion or spread of people from their original homeland
• Post-accession migration


  The flow of economic migrants after a country has joined the EU
• Resource nationalism


  When a country decides to take all, or a part, of one or a number of natural resources under state ownership. "Our land our choice"
• Localism


  Strategies being used at a local level to offset the negative and unsustainable effects of globalisation
• ethical consumerism


  buying products that are not harmful to the environment, animals and society
• Examples of localism


  -local currencies

  -food cooperatives