4.1.6

Measuring Globalisation

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How Can Globalisation Be Measured?

The extent to which a country is globalised can be measured using indicators and indices.

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AT Kearney Index

  • The AT Kearney Index uses four main indicators to publish a globalisation index.
  • This index includes political engagement, technological connectivity, personal contact and economic integration.
  • It is considered more holistic than the KOF index because it looks at the number of web servers rather than just internet communications, for example.
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KOF Index

  • The KOF Index is calculated annually based on three aspects of globalisation.
  • It includes measures of economic globalisation, social globalisation and political globalisation.
  • Some indicators are given a greater value than others in this index. For example, the volume of FDI is given a heavy weighting.
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Indicators of globalisation

  • As well as using indices, indicators can also be used to measure globalisation.
  • These include human flows of migrants, trade flows of FDI, membership of trade blocs and membership of IGOS.

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2Option 2A: Glaciated Landscapes & Change

3Option 2B: Coastal Landscapes & Change

4Globalisation

5Option 4A: Regenerating Places

6Option 4B: Diverse Places

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10Option 8A: Health & Human Rights (A2 only)

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