Kearney/Foreign Policy Globalization Index™ is the first comprehensive empirical measure of globalization and its impact. Global trade jumped by more than 5 percent and development assistance reached a record $69 billion, despite new global tensions emerging from the Iraq war, the breakdown of World Trade Organization (WTO) talks in Cancún, and a sars epidemic that exposed gaps in international health monitoring. Overall, globalization proved resilient in 2003, the last year for which complete data are available. Perennial bottom-dweller Iran finished last for the fifth consecutive year. Russia experienced one of this year’s biggest falls, dropping eight spots to 52nd of the 62 nations in the index as the oil-dependent economy saw a continued decline in trade as a share of gross domestic product (GDP). It ranked first in both the number of Internet users and secure servers. Singapore took the top spot, edging out three-time winner Ireland on the strength of its increased political engagement and foreign trade ties.ĭespite weaker connections with the rest of the world in the political and economic realms, the United States rose due to its technological strength. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine Globalization Index™. CONTACT: Jeff Marn, 202/939-2242, Report Available at and The United States broke into the top five for the first time in the annual ranking of the world’s most globalized nations, rising to fourth place from its previous seventh in the 2005 A.T.
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