Country Project Part C

Country Analysis Project: Part C With the countries you analyzed for Parts A and B, please answer the questions below and turn in to Canvas by Saturday, August 17th, 2019 by 11:59EST. PLEASE NOTE: The countries you choose for Part A will be the countries you refer to through Parts A, B, and C. If, for some reason, information is not available for your country at the websites cited by a particular question, please choose another country to answer that question, and NOTIFY ME and MAKE NOTE in the Project of the CHANGE. This Project is worth 70 points. I will run the submissions through an anti-plagiarism software. Failure to reference the websites or any other research will result in a grade reduction of 8 points in your project score. Please include the tables provided by the websites! Failure to do so will result in half the points being subtracted from your grade. Last but not least, please place your name as a header in the file. This makes it easier for me to grade and causes less confusion for you in the future. Failure to do this may result in points (-5) being subtracted from your grade. Economy (20 points) Using the two countries from Part A, go to globaledge.msu.edu You may also go to cia.gov Factbook pages to research your countries. Please make sure you include tables from your research for each country.

1. Describe the Economy. a. Describe the economy (using the CIA Factbook) for Country 1 (5 points) and

provide table for the following economic indicators: (5 points) i. Current Account Balance

ii. Inflation iii. Manufacturing Value Added iv. GDP Growth v. GDP per capita, PPP

b. Describe the economy (using the CIA Factbook) for Country 2 (5 points) and provide table for the following economic indicators: (5 points)

i. Current Account Balance ii. Inflation

iii. Manufacturing Value Added iv. GDP Growth v. GDP per capita, PPP

Infrastructure (20 points)

2. For each country, look up the following Infrastructure determinants –

a. mobile cellular subscriptions; b. Roads, total network; c. Rail lines; d. Transport; and e. Internet Users.

Do not just supply this information in the form of tables, also explain why infrastructure is important to FDI.

a. Country 1 – why is infrastructure important (5 points) and indicators tables and or graphs (5 points)

b. Country 2 why is infrastructure important (5 points) and indicators tables and or graphs (5 points) HINT: In order to properly compare these numbers, you may want to scale these numbers per capital - divide each infrastructure indicator by population. The population is on the CIA Factbook.

Investment Potential (30 points)

3. Overall, what is your group’s informed opinion as to how receptive your countries are to FDI?

a. Which country, of the pair, is the most receptive? Provide a well-reasoned argument using the evidence presented in Projects Part A, Part B, the Economics and the Infrastructure parts of this project.

b. Country 1 – well-reasoned argument (4 points), and data from Part A (2 points), Part B (2 points), and Part C (2 points)

c. Country 2 well-reasoned argument (4 points), and data from Part A (2 points), Part B (2 points), and Part C (2 points)

d. Compare and contrast corruption in both countries and their opportunities for FDI (10 points)

Country Project Part C Rubric Names: Countries:

1. Economy Possible Points

Describe Country 1 5 include tables 5 Current Account Balance Inflation Manufacturing, Value Added GDP Growth GDP per capita, PPP Describe Country 2 5 include tables 5 Current Account Balance Inflation Manufacturing, Value Added GDP Growth GDP per capita, PPP Total Economy 20

2. Infrastructure Country 1 Why is infrastructure important? 5 Indicators: include tables 5 Mobile: Cellular Subscriptions Roads: total network Rail lines Air Transport Internet Users Country 2 Why is infrastructure important? 5 Indicators: include tables 5 Mobile: Cellular Subscriptions Roads: total network Rail lines Air Transport Internet Users Total Infrastructure 20

3. Investment Potential Country 1 Investment Potential Continued: Well-reasoned argument pro or con using data from 4 Part A 2

Part B 2 Part C 2 Country 2 Well-reasoned argument pro or con using data from 4 Part A 2 Part B 2 Part C 2 Compare and contrast corruption in both countries and their opportunities for FDI 10 Total Investment Potential 30 Failure to reference -8 Failure to insert tables -31 Up to one week late -7 After one week late -31 Failure to place names in the digital file -5 Total Part C 70