Unequal Globalisation

Question 1

What are some examples of places where there are a few signs of globalisation

Answer 1

Gambia
Afghanistan
Nepal
Somalia
Bhutan

Question 2

What is happening to the global economy over time

Answer 2

Increasingly connected but the degree of globalisation varies by country

Question 3

What are global hubs

Answer 3

Cores that demonstrates a number of intense connections to the rest of the world because others wish to connect to them

Question 4

What networks are focused on in core areas as an incentive for people and businesses to invest

Answer 4

Transport and communication help networks operate efficiently air travel in containerisation enable cheap efficient movement of people and goods

Question 5

What does telecommunications allow for

Answer 5

Long-distance links between producers and consumers

Question 6

What is one example of telecommunications

Answer 6

The Internet

Question 7

What has the Internet provided

Answer 7

Increase the capacity of the telecommunications network to handle data Opportunities for collaboration between well-connected places is better than ever

Question 8

What is the core periphery model

Answer 8

Centres of economic activity Associated with core regions

Question 9

What do upward transitioning areas benefit from

Answer 9

FDI

Question 10

Why did downward transitioning areas lose out

Answer 10

Due to FDI loss

Question 11

What happens to resource frontiers as the value of the commodities fluctuate

Answer 11

Economic boom and bust

Question 12

What does the KOF globalisation index Measure

Answer 12

The extent to which country is socially politically economically linked to others 

Question 13

What does a more linked country Look like from the KOF globalisation index

Answer 13

More links they have in terms of tourism, trade, FDI and socio political processes

Question 14

What are some economic measurements in the KOF index

Answer 14

Actual economic flows
Trade as a percentage of GDP
Long distance of loads of good, capital and services

Question 15

What are some political measurements of the KOF index

Answer 15

Number of embassies and high commissions
Number of the UN peace mission is a country participate in
Number of international organisations to which country is a member

Question 16

What are some social measurements of the KOF index

Answer 16

TV ownership
Internet subscriptions
Degree of tourism
Imported and exported books

Question 17

What value does the KOF index produced between

Answer 17

Zero and 100

Question 18

What does it mean if a country has a higher value on the KOF index

Answer 18

The more globalised the place is thought to be

Question 19

According to the KOF index what are the most globalised countries

Answer 19

Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium and Austria

Question 20

According to the KOF index what are some of the least globalised countries

Answer 20

Solomon Islands, Somalia, Kiribati and Laos PDR

Question 21

What are some advantages of the KOF index

Answer 21

Uses 24 variables covering three main areas of globalisation (S, E, E)

Has been calculated for a very large number of countries over a long time period (since 1970)

Economic globalisation is divided into actual flows, and restrictions, so it isn’t based simply on having a high GDP


Question 22

What are some disadvantages of the KOF index

Answer 22

Data is collected from a variety of sources it is often manipulated differently depending on the country

Trade calculations of ignore the informal economy which an account for a large portion of actual trade



Question 23

How does the AT Kearney index measure globalisation

Answer 23

Business activity, human capital, information exchange, cultural experience and political engagement

Question 24

How is the AT Kearney index different from the KOF index (globalisation)

Answer 24

Measures globalisation on the city level
Different variables have different weightings according to how important they are in globalisation