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          ECONOMIC COMPLEXITY INDEX [2008] ≥ 1.085 / (22/11)          EXPECTED GDPpc GROWTH * ≥ 1.86% / (97/10)  *Expected annual average for the 2009-2020 period.














           2008


           PRODUCT
           SPACE



            PRODUCT
            EXPORTED
            WITH RCA>1
            PRODUCT
            NOT EXPORTED
            WITH RCA>1
          NODE SIzE IS PROPORTIONAL
          TO WORLD TRADE











                   EXPORT OPPORTUNITY
          2008 SPECTRUM


                        FRACTION OF       2.5                                            2.5
                        PRODUCTS WITH
                        RCA > 1            2                                              2
                                       Average Complexity of Missing Products  1       Average Complexity of Missing Products  1
                        22% OF WT         1.5                                            1.5

                        6% OF WT
                        2% OF WT
                        0.8% OF WT        0.5                                            0.5
                        0.06% OF WT        0                                              0



                                         -0.5                                           -0.5
                                             0.59  0.6  0.61  0.62  0.63  0.64  0.65      -0.05  -0.04   -0.03  -0.02  -0.01
                                                           Distance                                     Opportunity Gain

                   EvOLUTION OF
          2008 EXPORT COMPOSITION


          45 k
          36 k
          27 k
          18 k
           9 k
           0
           1968          1973           1978          1983          1988          1993           1998          2003          2008
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