We gauge how different countries and regions in the global economy are connected to global flows. Any attempt to build a comprehensive view of all relevant global flows is an ambitious project and we acknowledge that our analysis is far from complete. Data limitations—both over time and also across all aspects of the flows—have constrained our ability to draw a fully comprehensive picture; additionally, while we know a great deal, in a data-driven sense, about trade and financial flows, we know much less about services, people, data and communication flows. 

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