DHL Launches Landmark Global Connectedness Index 2011 – Significant untapped potential for economic growth

· New study says globalization is not as advanced as many believe · Continued economic integration likely to provide global GDP gains · Expanding connectedness enables faster end to economic crisisBonn, November 11, 2011 – DHL, the global logistics leader, today released the first DHL Global Connectedness Index (GCI), a detailed country-by-country analysis of the flows that connect the world. The study indicates that globalization is still not as advanced as most people believe and that continued economic integration could spur global gross domestic product gains of five percent or