Re: Re: SINGAPORE TOPS RANKING IN NEW GLOBALIZATION INDEX

[Rob Schaap <bantam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> SINGAPORE TOPS RANKING IN NEW GLOBALIZATION INDEX
> FROM A.T. KEARNEY AND FOREIGN POLICY MAGAZINE

Since which time, I notice, Singapore has produced two consecutive quarters of
'negative growth'.  That's officially a recession, right?  Any tenable
associations between these two data come to mind?

> The Globalization Index shows that the world has made tremendous advances in global integration in recent years, but that these gains are not to be taken for granted, Paul Laudicina notes. "As the facts about globalization become clear, the challenge is to find policies that enhance integration and mitigate its problems while allowing its many benefits to keep flowing."<

Except they're not clear, functionalist integrationism finds the world ever
harder to squeeze into its premises/conclusions (they're the same thing), and
the 'many benefits' seem neither well spread nor predictable ...

Cheers,
Rob.


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> New Research Indicates that World's Most Global Nations Display
> Greater Income Equality and Less Corruption, but "Globalization Gap" > Has Widened
>
> WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 8, 2001) - Singapore ranks as the world's
> most global country, leading a group of nations that have become     > integrated with their neighbors through cross-border flows of goods  > and services, capital, people, and communication. These countries    > display more equitable patterns of income distribution, lower levels > of corruption, and higher levels of political freedom compared to    > countries that are less global. The United States ranks as the       > world's 12th most global nation.
>
> Exclusive Coverage:
> Watch video from the press event unveiling the Globalization Index
> www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_janfeb_2001/presscoverage.html#video
> Links to press coverage of the Globalzation Index throughout the     > world. These are among the findings of a new study released today by > A.T. Kearney and FOREIGN POLICY Magazine, providing the first        > comprehensive annual guide to global integration. The study, titled  > the "A.T. Kearney/ FOREIGN POLICY Magazine Globalization Index TM"   > debuts in the January/February 2001 issue of FOREIGN POLICY.
>
> The study also found that technological factors have become the
> driving force of globalization over the past several years.

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> Singapore boasts high levels of trade and heavy capital flows, as well
> as an
> annual stream of international travelers nearly three times higher
> than the
> country's population. With international telephone traffic that totals
> 390
> minutes per person each year, the country also far outdistances its
> nearest
> rivals in cross-border contact between people.
>
> By contrast, the United States ranked 12th in the Globalization Index.
> Despite high levels of integration in various technological measures,
> the
> United States posted relatively low scores in measures of economic
> integration and personal contact with the rest of the world. As a
> share of
> economic output (gross domestic product, or GDP), the Netherlands
> handles
> five times as much foreign direct investment, while Swedish trade
> totals
> three times more than U.S. trade. On a per capita basis, Singapore
> hosts
> eight times as many international travelers as the United States. And
> Swiss
> citizens, on average, each year spend four times as many minutes
> making
> international telephone calls than their American counterparts.

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