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Part 1 Data Sources Employed
Table B.2 Data Sources Employed to Calculate Breadth Scores
Pillar Variable Definition Source
Trade Merchandise Exports Total merchandise exports reported by exporters
in US dollars.
Merchandise Imports
Total merchandise imports reported by importers
in US dollars.
Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) from IMF (http://
www.imfbookstore.org/ProdDetails.aspID=DTEOL);
data for Taiwan were retrieved from Taiwan Bureau
of Foreign trade (http://cus93.trade.gov.tw/ENGLISH/
FSCE/); data for Namibia and Botswana were retrieved
from UN Comtrade (http://comtrade.un.org/db/)
Capital FDI Outward Stocks Outward FDI position in US dollars. OECD (http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx); National
Bureau of Statistics of China (http://www.stats.gov.
cn/english/statisticaldata/yearlydata/); the Government
of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
(http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/products_and_services/
products/publications/statistical_report/national_income_and_bop/index_cd_B1040003_dt_latest.
jsp); Department of Statistics Singapore (http://www.
singstat.gov.sg/statistics/browse_by_theme/investment.html);
data for Brazil retrieved from Columbia
FDI Profiles (http://www.vcc.columbia.edu/content/
columbia-fdi-profiles); data for Vietnam from (http://
vnr500.com.vn/2011-07-11-more-than-20-years-ofvietnam-outbound-investment)
FDI Inward Stocks Inward FDI position in US dollars. OECD (http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx); National
Bureau of Statistics of China (http://www.stats.gov.
cn/english/statisticaldata/yearlydata/); the Government
of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
(http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/products_and_services/
products/publications/statistical_report/national_income_and_bop/index_cd_B1040003_dt_latest.
jsp); Department of Statistics Singapore (http://www.
singstat.gov.sg/pubn/business.html#sia); data for
Argentina, China, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bulgaria, Russia
retrieved from Columbia FDI Profiles (http://www.vcc.
columbia.edu/content/columbia-fdi-profiles)
FDI Outflows
FDI outflows in US dollars. Data are presented as
the average of the current year and the two previous
years to reduce volatility.
OECD (http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx); National
Bureau of Statistics of China (http://www.stats.gov.
cn/english/statisticaldata/yearlydata/); the Government
of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
(http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/products_and_services/
products/publications/statistical_report/national_income_and_bop/index_cd_B1040003_dt_latest.
jsp); Department of Statistics of Singapore (http://
www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/business.html#sia); data
for Colombia, Ukraine, India retrieved from Columbia
FDI Profiles (http://www.vcc.columbia.edu/content/
columbia-fdi-profiles)
FDI Inflows
FDI inflows in US dollars. Data are presented as
the average of the current year and the two previous
years to reduce volatility.
OECD (http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx); National
Bureau of Statistics of China (http://www.stats.gov.
cn/english/statisticaldata/yearlydata/); the Government
of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
(http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/products_and_services/
products/publications/statistical_report/national_income_and_bop/index_cd_B1040003_dt_latest.
jsp); department of Statistics Singapore (http://www.
singstat.gov.sg/pubn/business.html#sia); data for
Colombia, Malaysia, Egypt, Taiwan and India retrieved
from Columbia FDI Profiles (http://www.vcc.columbia.
edu/content/columbia-fdi-profiles)
Portfolio Equity
Outward Stocks
Portfolio Equity assets in US dollars.
The Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS)
from the IMF (http://www.imf.org/external/np/sta/pi/
geo.htm)