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Summary
In recent years, indicators of global integration have shown its remarkable growth, in which the expansion of information and communications technology has played an important role. In the process of globalization, North America, the Scandinavian countries and some other countries, because they are better positioned to benefit from global communications technologies or because they are more aggressive about reforms to attract foreign trade and investment, take the lead, leaving the rest of the world far behind. Some critics think that globalization leads to the income disparity. However, they fail to take into account the role in income distribution of such factors as history, economic growth, price and wage controls, welfare programs, educational policies and population. Besides, the empirical evidence suggests that most countries, both in mature economies and in emerging market, which engage themselves in higher globalization, enjoys greater income equality.
At present Globalization Index provides a comprehensive view of global integration through an analysis of its component parts. However, many forces drawing countries into globalization are beyond their ability to control and some aspects of globalization like culture and ideas are not quantifiable --these and some other challenges highlight the need for a closer and more refined examination of the forces driving global integration and the need for further refinement of the tools used to measure it.
近年来，全球一体化的指标显现其惊人的增长，其中信息及通信技术的发展起了重要的作用。在全球化的过程中，北美和斯堪的那维亚国家和其他一些国家由于其得益于全球通信技术或由于更为积极地进行改革以鼓励贸易、吸引投资而处于领先地位，因而把世界其他国家和地区远远地甩在后面。有些批评全球化的人士认为，全球化导致了收入的不平衡，然而，他们忽略了诸如历史、经济发展、对物价和工资的控制、福利项目、教育政策以及人口等因素在收入分配中所起的作用；此外，经验也表明，大多数国家，无论是经济发展成熟的国家还是新兴市场经济的国家，在很大程度上参与全球化之后，其收入分配也更为平等。
目前，全球化指数通过分析经济一体化的各个组成部分从而给人们提供了一个全景图象。然而，许多把各个国家引入全球化的因素是那些国家所无力控制的，另外，全球化的某些方面，如文化和思想也是无法量化的，这些以及一些其它的挑战凸显出需要更密切细致地审视驱动全球化的因素，也凸显出需要更进一步完善用于衡量全球化的工具。
