![]() ![]() It's good news for importers and exporters, for countries' connectivities. So we have economies of scale and the total supply has gone up. On the positive side, we have larger ships and more container carrying capacity. So the global trend is, I would say, it's mixed. But if you want to see the big picture, you look at individual countries, and also the data from our index of the components gives us some interesting insights into the global trends in the liner shipping network. But of course, if you want to do more detailed analysis, you have to look again at the components. They do, on average, reflect a positive development. Anyway, I think we got the right mix with these five components. On average, our AACI has been going up over the last years since 2004. And by forcing these different, these five components into one index, of course, you realize that we actually mixing components, some go up, some go down. So you see the number of companies going down, and each company's size, each company's container carrying capacity in each country is going up. In other global average, could be, again, comparing the number of companies which is the blue line which with, for example, the number of containers or the container carrying capacity offered per shipping line per company. And then these are global averages that you see on the screen. Whereas, the number of companies and the number of services has actually gone down. It's called TEU which stands for 20 foot equivalent unit. So again, even the components we can index and if you look at the development of the largest ship size, how the ship sizes have increased, and how the total container carrying capacity. So in this sequence, we will look in a bit more detail into some of the components of our index and also some example at some countries how the liner shipping connectivity is developed in some selected countries. ![]() At the end, we discuss some limitations of the HDI and give some elements for future improvement. Then, we use a practical example to calculate the HDI for one country. choosing the three dimensions (health, education and living conditions) composing the HDI and their respective indicators, normalizing the indicators and aggregating the indicators and dimensional sub-indices using different methods. We explain the steps of constructing the HDI, i.e. During this lesson, you will be slightly introduced with the history of the HDI. The second index presented this week is the Human Development Index (HDI) developed by UNDP. We also cover the methodology to build both indices. Throughout this lesson, we give some insights on why the LSCI and LSBCI were developed. It provides an overall indicator of a country maritime connectivity related to liner shipping. The first index, the Liner Shipping (Bilateral) Connectivity Index (LSCI/LSBCI) computed each year by UNCTAD since 2004. View Syllabusĭuring this week you will be exploring two indices. ![]() We will try to address not only statistical questions but also focus on the distinction between policy-, media- and paradigm-driven indicators. These concepts will be illustrated using a sample of the most popular composite indices. We will discuss the technical properties, the internal structure (like aggregation, weighting, stability of time series), the primary data used and the variable selection methods. ![]() In this course on global statistics, offered by the University of Geneva jointly with the ETH Zürich KOF, you will learn the general approach of constructing composite indices and some of resulting problems. As a consequence, these simple numbers, expected to synthesize quite complex issues, are often presented to the public and used in the political debate without proper emphasis on their intrinsic limitations and correct interpretations. The number of composite indices that are constructed and used internationally is growing very fast but whilst the complexity of quantitative techniques has increased dramatically, the education and training in this area has been dragging and lagging behind. ![]()
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