SINGAPORE (Nov 24): Singapore is once again the world’s second most connected country, based on the fourth edition of DHL’s Global Connectedness Index, trailing behind The Netherlands which retained its top spot.

At the same time, Europe remained the world’s most connected region with all but two of the Top 10 most globalised countries hailing from the region. United Arab Emirates was the other non-European country, after Singapore, in the Top 10 list.

Commissioned by DHL and prepared by globalisation expert Pankaj Ghemawat, the GCI study offers a detailed analysis of the state of globalization around the world, based on a two-year reporting period from 2013 to 2015, and drawing on over 1.8 million data points from international flows covering trade, capital, information and people.

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