Globalization

=The Term=

=Criticism=

=Problems of Globalization=

=Possible Solutions=

The Good Country Index
Following up on his criticism that countries and more specifically governments were still too prone to thinking inwards instead of thinking outwards to tackle the challenges posed by globalization, policy advisor Simon Anholt has devised a rather unusual counterstrategy: The Good Country Index. As he explains in his Ted Talk Which country does the most good in the world? governments need an incentive to stop employing only an, as he calls it "microscopic vision" and engage instead in a "telescopic vision". Drawing from a large-n study on the reputation of countries he concludes that the countries which are most perceived to do good for the world are also those with the best international reputation. Based on this insight he proposes the establishment of the Good Country Index measuring how much the country gives to the world, how much it does in order to improve the global situation. The index and the ranking of all countries worldwide can be found on the website of the project http://goodcountry.org/.