Measuring global interactions

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

CORE

CORE

CORE

CORE

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)