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The variables in the index are taken from a variety of data sources, as indicated in the Table below.
Sub-Index
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Variables
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Source
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Economic Globalisation
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Trade
|
World Bank- World Development Indicators - Latest issue
|
|
|
FDI
|
World Bank- World Development Indicators - Latest issue
|
|
|
Portfolio Investment
|
IMF- International Financial Statistics- Latest issue
|
|
|
Income
|
World Bank- World Development Indicators- Latest issue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Social Globalisation
|
People
|
|
Foreign Stock
|
World Bank- World Development Indicators- Latest issue
|
|
|
Foreign Flow
|
World Bank- World Development Indicators- Latest issue, and Mitchell, B. R. 1998. International Historical Statistics. New York: Stockbridge Press and London: Macmillan.
|
|
|
Worker Remittances
|
World Bank- World Development Indicators- Latest issue
|
|
|
Tourists
|
World Bank- World Development Indicators- Latest issue
|
|
|
Ideas
|
|
Phone calls
|
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Telecommunication Indicators Database
|
|
|
Internet users
|
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Telecommunication Indicators Database
|
|
|
Films
|
UNESCO -1999 Statistical Yearbook
|
|
|
Books and newspapers
|
UNESCO-1999 Statistical Yearbook
|
|
|
Mail
|
Universal Postal Union
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Political Globalisation
|
Embassies
|
Europa World Yearbook- various years. (Latest issue available on line for subscribers)
|
|
|
UN Missions
|
CIA- World Factbooks, various years. (Latest issue available on line)
United Nations Website
|
|
|
Organisations
|
CIA- World Factbooks, various years. (Latest issue available on line)
|
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