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Article: U.S.: FOREIGN POLICY MAGAZINE RELEASES 'GLOBALIZATION INDEX'.
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- October 24, 2007
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By Abra Pollock
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Jordan, Estonia and Hong Kong all ranked among the top 10 most globalized nations of the world, according to Foreign Policy magazine's latest index, while emerging powers like China and India ranked among the 10 least globalized.
By giving high rankings to several regions of the world not usually thought of as heavyweights on the international stage, the magazine's seventh annual globalization index demonstrated that the phenomenon of globalization occurs in more spheres than just economic development.
Nine new countries and Hong Kong were included in this year's expanded index in order to ...