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Index Of Globalisation. IB HL. KOF Index. Introduced in 2002 and covers economic, social, and political dimensions of globalisation. Kof defines globalisation as…
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Index Of Globalisation IB HL
KOF Index • Introduced in 2002 and covers economic, social, and political dimensions of globalisation. • Kof defines globalisation as… • “The process of creating networks of connections among actora at multi-continental distances, mediated through a avriety of flows including people, information and ideas, capital and goods. Globalisation is conceptualised as a process that erodes national boundaries, integrates national economies, cultures, technologies and governance and produces complex relations of mutual interdependance.
3 Dimensions Of The KOF Index • Economic Globalisation: Long distance flows of goods, capital and services, as well as information and perceptions that acompany market exchanges. • Political Globalisation: Diffusion of government policies. • Social Globalisation: Expressed as the spread of ideas, information, images, and people.
Personal Contacts • International telecom traffic (mins per subscriber). • Degree of tourism (Ingoing/Outgoing). • Government and worker’s transfers received and paid (as % of GDP). • How countries interact.
Information Flows • Number of internet users. • Cable TV subscribers. • Number of radios (per 1000 people). • International newspapers traded (As % of GDP).
Cultural Proxmity • Domination of US cultural products. • Number of McDonald’s restaurants per country. • Number of IKEA stores per country.
Activities • Using Geography For The IB Diploma: Global Interactions P7-12, answer the following… • What are the factors used to describe the KOF Index? • What are the most and least globalised countries according to the KOF Index? • What are the reasons behind low-globalisation status? • Using Figure 8 (P12) , describe how the worldwide level of globalisation changed between 1970 and 2007.