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Calculate openness as a percentage for Paraguay and Poland. Explain how you calculated openness, i.e., write...

Calculate openness as a percentage for Paraguay and Poland. Explain how you calculated openness, i.e., write down the formula. Using a graph of Openness (as a percentage) versus time, explain in up to 200 words how openness has changed for these countries from 2001 to 2014. Put Paraguay and Poland in the same graph and make sure your graph is properly labelled.

Country Name Country Code Series Name Series Code 2001 [YR2001] 2002 [YR2002] 2003 [YR2003] 2004 [YR2004] 2005 [YR2005] 2006 [YR2006] 2007 [YR2007] 2008 [YR2008] 2009 [YR2009] 2010 [YR2010] 2011 [YR2011] 2012 [YR2012] 2013 [YR2013] 2014 [YR2014]
Paraguay PRY Exports of goods and services (current US$) NE.EXP.GNFS.CD 3459319570 3402825624 3625989129 4371893087 5083809323 6252319090 7818347667 9993980610 8210295841 11036468064 13186264509 12278348692 14356651476 13954911448
Paraguay PRY GDP (current US$) NY.GDP.MKTP.CD 7662595076 6325151760 6588103836 8033877360 8734653809 10646157920 13794910634 18504130753 15929902138 20030528043 25099681461 24595319574 28965906502 30881166852
Paraguay PRY GDP per capita (current US$) NY.GDP.PCAP.CD 1417 1148 1175 1409 1507 1810 2312 3060 2600 3226 3988 3856 4480 4713
Paraguay PRY GINI index (World Bank estimate) SI.POV.GINI 55 57 56 53 51 54 52 51 50 52 53 48 48 52
Paraguay PRY Imports of goods and services (current US$) NE.IMP.GNFS.CD 2727373823 2298406126 2623501714 3307792347 4018039423 5221045741 6461917817 9166237324 7130137358 10313046052 12621883682 11979621541 12983600420 13242370791
Poland POL Exports of goods and services (current US$) NE.EXP.GNFS.CD 51878648721 57137009804 72632296220 87410323710 105952277925 130565028203 165538367008 202086584758 163740453116 191967370760 225042181278 222344181762 242809098962 259386390289
Poland POL GDP (current US$) NY.GDP.MKTP.CD 190521263343 198680637255 217518642325 255102252843 306134635594 344826430298 429249647595 533815789474 440346575958 479257883742 528725113046 500284003684 524201151607 545075908846
Poland POL GDP per capita (current US$) NY.GDP.PCAP.CD 4981 5197 5694 6681 8021 9041 11260 14001 11542 12598 13891 13144 13780 14340
Poland POL GINI index (World Bank estimate) SI.POV.GINI 33 34 35 35 35 34 34 34 34 33 33 32 33 32
Poland POL Imports of goods and services (current US$) NE.IMP.GNFS.CD 58766945944 63908088235 78406788377 94256069554 109183717624 137680257857 180703003578 228993441806 167514280213 201543256955 235386043059 224546822229 232598709188 251529270071

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Paraguay
Exports of goods and services (current US$) GDP (current US$) GDP per capita (current US$) GINI index (World Bank estimate) Imports of goods and services (current US$) Openness = (X+M)/GDP
3459319570 7662595076 1417 55 2727373823                           0.81
3402825624 6325151760 1148 57 2298406126                           0.90
3625989129 6588103836 1175 56 2623501714                           0.95
4371893087 8033877360 1409 53 3307792347                           0.96
5083809323 8734653809 1507 51 4018039423                           1.04
6252319090 10646157920 1810 54 5221045741                           1.08
7818347667 13794910634 2312 52 6461917817                           1.04
9993980610 18504130753 3060 51 9166237324                           1.04
8210295841 15929902138 2600 50 7130137358                           0.96
11036468064 20030528043 3226 52 10313046052                           1.07
13186264509 25099681461 3988 53 12621883682                           1.03
12278348692 24595319574 3856 48 11979621541                           0.99
14356651476 28965906502 4480 48 12983600420                           0.94
13954911448 30881166852 4713 52 13242370791                           0.88
Correlation between GDP per capita and openness                                        0.08
Poland
Exports of goods and services (current US$) GDP (current US$) GDP per capita (current US$) GINI index (World Bank estimate) Imports of goods and services (current US$) Openness = (X+M)/GDP
51878648721 1.90521E+11 4981 33 58766945944                          0.58
57137009804 1.98681E+11 5197 34 63908088235                          0.61
72632296220 2.17519E+11 5694 35 78406788377                          0.69
87410323710 2.55102E+11 6681 35 94256069554                          0.71
1.05952E+11 3.06135E+11 8021 35 1.09184E+11                          0.70
1.30565E+11 3.44826E+11 9041 34 1.3768E+11                          0.78
1.65538E+11 4.2925E+11 11260 34 1.80703E+11                          0.81
2.02087E+11 5.33816E+11 14001 34 2.28993E+11                          0.81
1.6374E+11 4.40347E+11 11542 34 1.67514E+11                          0.75
1.91967E+11 4.79258E+11 12598 33 2.01543E+11                          0.82
2.25042E+11 5.28725E+11 13891 33 2.35386E+11                          0.87
2.22344E+11 5.00284E+11 13144 32 2.24547E+11                          0.89
2.42809E+11 5.24201E+11 13780 33 2.32599E+11                          0.91
2.59386E+11 5.45076E+11 14340 32 2.51529E+11                          0.94
Correlation between GDP per capita and openness                                      0.93

Openness and economic development have positive relationship in both Paraguay and Poland. Paraguay’s correlation coefficient of 0.08 which indicates that the relationship between openness and economic development is a weak one, Whereas Poland’s correlation coefficient = 0.93 which indicates an incredibly strong relationship, it is very close to the perfect correlation.


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