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Fri 01 Jan 2010Ireland is third on globalised states list
ERNST & YOUNG STUDY:IRELAND HAS been ranked the third most globalised nation, according to an index to be published today by Ernst & Young at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The country also recorded the most significant increase in the globalisation index between 1995 and 2008 and was ranked the most globalised nation between 2000 and 2002.
The report, which was produced with the Economist Intelligence Unit, measures the integration of 60 countries within the world economy. Ireland came third behind Singapore and Hong Kong, but ahead of Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Israel and Finland.
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