measuring global interactions
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Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) (1980-1998)
World trade of goods since 1950
HL EXTENSION THEME #1:MEASURING GLOBAL INTERACTIONS
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World population since 1700 Tariffs and trade since 1947
Main regional economic organizations
WORLD TRADE (2006)
World Trade in 2006 (amounts in $B)
Intra-regional trade
Out-of-region trade
Commercial exchanges($B)
Rotterdam Seaport (Netherlands)
Suez Canal (Egypt)
Airbus A380
Supertanker
A.T. KEARNEY GLOBALIZATION INDEXwww.atkearney.com
72 countries ranked in 2007
• ECONOMIC INTEGRATION (US #71, Singapore #2)• Foreign Trade• Foreign Direct Investments (FDI)
• PERSONAL CONTACT (US #40, Singapore #3)• International phone calls• International travels• International Remittances
• TECHNOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY (US #1, Singapore #15)• Internet users• Internet hosts• Secure servers
• POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT (ex: US #51, Singapore #40)• Foreign aid• Participation in international treaties• Membership in international organizations• Participation to UN peacekeeping missions
KOF GLOBALIZATION INDEXwww.globalization.kof.ethz.ch
181 countries ranked in 2010 (max = 100)
GLOBALIZATION INDICES
The AT Kearney Globalization Index Top 20 (2007: 72 surveyed)Source: www.atkearney.com
AT Kearney Global City Index (2007)
KOF World Index since 1970
World population:
Triad = 20%and decreasing
World GDP:
Triad = 80%and increasing
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Economic and politicaldecision-making
Financial, technological, militarysuperiority
SEMI-PERIPHERY
Assembly of manufactured goodsEmerging markets
Growing participation
PERIPHERY
Source of raw material,Dependent on foreign investment and technology
No participation in thedecision-making process
CORE – PERIPHERY MODEL (Wallerstein)
Where’s the remotest place on Earth?Time travel to major cities and major shipping lanes
www..newscientist.com/gallery/small-world
CORE AND PERIPHERIES
World Economic Forum in Switzerland (2010) Toy factory in China
World Social Forum in Brazil (2005)
Hugo Chavez (Venezuela) and Subcomandante Marcos (Mexico)