What Do Global Metrics Tell Us About The World?

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dc.contributor.authorShort, John Rennie
dc.contributor.authorVélez-Hagan, Justin
dc.contributor.authorDubots, Leah
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-16T13:14:37Z
dc.date.available2018-10-16T13:14:37Z
dc.date.issued2019-05-01
dc.description.abstractThere are now a wide variety of global metrics. To find the degree of overlap between these different measures, we employ a principal components analysis (PCA) to 15 indices across 145 countries. Our results demonstrate that the most important underlying dimension highlights that economic development and social progress go hand in hand with state stability. The results are used to produce categorical divisions of the world. The threefold division identifies a world composed of what we describe and map as Rich, Poor and Middle countries. A five-group classification provided a more nuanced categorization described as; The Very Rich, Free and Stable, Affluent and Free, Upper Middle, Lower Middle, and Poor and Not Free.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/8/5/136en_US
dc.format.extent16 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifier.citationShort, John Rennie; Vélez-Hagan, Justin; Dubots, Leah; What Do Global Metrics Tell Us About The World?; Social Sciences 8,5 (2019); https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/8/5/136
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/11566
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8050136
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.subjectglobal indicesen_US
dc.subjectglobal metricsen_US
dc.subjectglobal societyen_US
dc.subjectnew global geographiesen_US
dc.subjectprincipal components analysisen_US
dc.titleWhat Do Global Metrics Tell Us About The World?en_US
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