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<journal-id>0301-7036</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Problemas del desarrollo]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Prob. Des]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0301-7036</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/iiec.20078951e.2025.222.70297</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The Global Economic Development Index: an economic, social, and institutional approach]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El Índice de Desarrollo Económico Global: un enfoque económico, social e institucional]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aliphat Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rodrigo]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Blancas Neria]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Andrés]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, A.C.  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>56</volume>
<numero>222</numero>
<fpage>115</fpage>
<lpage>146</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0301-70362025000300115&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0301-70362025000300115&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0301-70362025000300115&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This paper proposes an original composite index, the Global Economic Deve lopment Index (GEDI), uniquely integrating economic, social, and institutional factors. GEDI distinguishes emerging from developed economies, identifying specific economic, social, and institutional challenges and opportunities. It examines 129 economies, re presenting approximately 95% of global GDP in 2017, using over 30 indicators across 10 variables, including financial development, income distribution, environmental sus tainability, and corruption. This index improves upon traditional income-based classi fications used by institutions such as the World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF), which often group diverse economies like China, Vietnam, and Bulgaria together despite significant structural and developmental differences. Thus, GEDI pro vides a more comprehensive understanding of economic gaps between developed and emerging economies.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Este trabajo propone un índice original compuesto, el Índice de Desarrollo Económico Global (IDEG), que integra de forma única factores económicos, sociales e institucionales. El IDEG distingue las economías emergentes de las desarrolladas, identificando retos y oportunidades económicas, sociales e institucionales específicos. Examina 129 economías, que representan aproximadamente el 95% del PIB mundial en 2017, utilizando más de 30 indicadores a través de 10 variables, incluyendo el desarrollo financiero, la distribución del ingreso, la sostenibilidad ambiental y la corrupción. Este índice mejora las clasificaciones tradicionales basadas en los ingresos utilizadas por instituciones como el Banco Mundial (BM) y el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI), que a menudo agrupan economías diversas como China, Vietnam y Bulgaria a pesar de las importantes diferencias estructurales y de desarrollo. Así pues, el IDEG proporciona un entendimiento más completo de las diferencias económicas entre las economías desarrolladas y las emergentes.]]></p></abstract>
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