Annex 1. Countries included in the sample:
OECD Europe: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Island, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey, United Kingdom.
North America: Canada, Mexico, United States.
OECD Pacific: Australia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand.
Non-OECD Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Malta, Rumania,
Former USSR, Former Yugoslavia
Africa: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Morocco,
Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia,
Zambia, Zimbabwe, Others Africa.
Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras,
Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay,
Venezuela, Others Latin America.
Middle East: Bahrain, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait,
Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
Asia: Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Chinese Taipei, India, Indonesia, Dem.
People's Rep. of Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines,
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Others Asia.
China: People's Republic of China, Hong Kong.
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