The corruption charges against Mr. Colom surround:

The world’s volume of trade has been decreasing over time. 

Spain has a trade surplus. This most likely means that the Current Account has a positive balance.  

People can own property in Burma. But property rights are insecure and government can seize private property at any time. 

South Africa is considered by the United Nations to be a developed nation like Germany and Canada. 

GDP per capita is useful but does not tell us very much about other variables in a country, for example, life expectancy. There is little correlation.  

The World Bank tracks the number of people who live on less than the equivalent of $2 a day. This is an example of tracking relative poverty.  

The key reason for the economic decay in Burma is that: 

The act of foreign direct investment is thought of as private sector activity, as opposed to public sector activity. 

The USA uses a construct called the poverty line to measure poverty in the nation.