Country Project Part C

*** I have added Part A & B for references … 

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.

 Please note that I use Turn-It-In anti-plagiarism software.  If you directly quote a source, use quotation marks.  Any Turn-It-In score over 25% is subject to points being subtracted from your grade. 

 
Economy (20 points) 
Using the two countries from Part A, go to globaledge.msu.edu (Links to an external site.) You may also go to cia.gov Factbook (Links to an external site.) pages to research your countries. Please make sure you include tables from your research for each country.

Describe the Economy.

Describe the economy (using the CIA Factbook) for Country 1 (5 points) and provide table for the following economic indicators: (5 points)

Current Account Balance
Inflation

Manufacturing Value Added

GDP Growth
GDP per capita, PPP
Describe the economy (using the CIA Factbook) for Country 2 (5 points) and provide table for the following economic indicators: (5 points)

Current Account Balance
Inflation

Manufacturing Value Added

GDP Growth
GDP per capita, PPP

Infrastructure (20 points)

For each country, look up the following Infrastructure determinants –
mobile cellular subscriptions;
Roads, total network;
Rail lines;
Transport; and
Internet Users.

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

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

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

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