Trade Aspects - Data Collection..

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Free Trade Area (FTA) Project Outline Grade Assessment Factors
Quality of research Quality of Presentation Quality of Interpretation
Headings and sub-headings for major sections of the FTA Profile Depth: salience & diversity of cited sources Information: Precision & Accuracy of Data Originality of sources explored & relied on Fluency: of text and illustrative material Logic: balance/emphasis placed on report's elements Conformity to bibliographic practices eg. APA Awareness: demonstrates how elements revealed in report combine Insights:interpretation of the information - opps for business, trends discerned. Summation: Sections 1) & 5) supported by inform't'n presented
3)     Regional Business Environment
a)     Region’s Political Economy: (id comparative advantages)
i)      Consultative/Democratic/Advisory
ii)     Depth of integration; (identify & discuss)position on spectrum
(1)  Free Trade Area (tending to) >
(2)  Customs Union(tending to) >
(3)  Common Market (tending to) >
(4)  Economic Union (tending to) >
(a)  Financial
(b)  Monetary , (tending to)>
(5)  Political Union
iii)   Common institutions (that work)
(1)  IDBs, micro-banks, etc.
(2)  Local and regional Markets
(a)  Financial,
(b)  Commodity
(c)   Capital
(d)  Labour
(3)  Infrastructural investments
(4)  Educational
(5)  Legal
(a)  Enforcement of contract & property rights
(i)    Institutional capacities
1.     (describe the) Nominal vs.
2.     (discuss the) Realities
(6)  Other
iv)   Key political actors / stakeholders
(1)  Parties
(2)  Nationalist movements
(3)  Public opinion
(4)  Consumers
(5)  Labour unions
(6)  Employer & Investor interests
(7)  Indigenous/First Nations interests
(8)  Other, e.g.
(a)  Fair Trade,
(b)  NGOs
(c)   Development agencies,
(d)  Environmental interests

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