METHODOLOGY We gave a score of 0,1 for each percent. For example, 4.5% resulted in a
score of 0,45. Each of the six categories was weighed equally.
SOURCES
Exports of goods and services as % of GDP
All figures except Dominican Republic by World Bank,
World Development Indicators 2005.
Dominican Republic export figures from Dominican Central Bank and GDP
figure from IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2005.
Imports of goods and services as % of GDP
All figures except Dominican Republic by World Bank,
World Development Indicators 2005.
Dominican Republic import figures from Dominican Central Bank and GDP
figure from IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2005.
FDI as % of GDP
La Inversión extranjera en América Latina y el Caribe 2004, United Nations
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, March 2005.
GDP Figures from IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2005.
Tourism receipts as % of GDP
Tourism receipts figures from the World Torism Organisation, World Tourism
Barometer, June 2005, except in case of Venezuela, where source was EIU
Executive Briefing 12 May 2005.
GDP Figures from IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2005.
Remittances as % of GDP
Remittance figures from the Inter-American Development Bank, MIF,
Migrant Remittances
GDP Figures from IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2005.
Internet penetration in 2004
All figures from the International Telecommunications Union.
