DHL Global Connectedness Index 2014

DHL Global Connectedness Index 2014
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Econometric analysis has shown that many of these CAGE
differences significantly inhibit the types of international
interactions covered in the DHL Global Connectedness
Index. Focusing again on the most obvious difference
between advanced and emerging economies, all else equal,
halving the per-capita income disparity between countries
(e.g., shifting from a disparity such as that between
France and Mexico to that between France and Portugal)
is associated with more than 30% higher portfolio equity
investment, roughly 20% greater FDI, and 10% more tourist
arrivals. 17 The greater geographic distance, on average,
between advanced economies and emerging economies is
also a structural barrier to a rapid realignment of advanced
economies’ international interactions. The average distance
from advanced economies to emerging economies is
7,724 km, more than 40% greater than the average distance
between advanced economies.