INSTRUCTIONS
International Economic Development—Case Studies
There will be two case studies throughout the semester. You are required to collect data and write reports on a developing country* related to the topics that will be covered in class. You are to choose one developing country for both case studies. For the second case study, you can choose your own topic related to development studies. The topic choices are: population, education, health, environment or immigration. The goal of the case studies is to help us understand the development situation of this country better. Each case study will be 10% of your final grade.
Case study 2 peer reviews
*Developing country: Please choose a country out of the developing country list from the following link:
https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/wesp/wesp_current/2014wesp_country_classific ation.pdf
*Two peer reviews are assigned automatically at the case study submission due date. Review your classmates’ reports and give feedback, make comments on what you have learned from the study and suggest some improvement that can be made to make it a better report.
Required Report Length
Each case study should have at least three pages. (Suggested length: 3-5 pages). Submit in Microsoft word document through Canvas. Single spaced with font 12.
Case study 1:
Choose a developing country, report its basic economic data and analyze its situation on Poverty and Inequality.
Requirements:
- Include one-page country summary
Link: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/
- Find some of the important and basic development indicators. It includes: HDI, life expectancy at birth, expected years of schooling, mean years of schooling, GNI per capita (PPP, $), Economic Growth Rate and so on if they are not already included in the onepage country summary.
- Report data on Poverty and inequality.
Measures on Poverty:
Population living below poverty line, PPP $1.9 a day
Poverty headcount index at PPP $1.9 a day
Poverty Gap at PPP $1.9 a day Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Measures of inequality:
Gini coefficient
Size distribution: Income share held by top 20% and income share held by the poorest 20%
Useful Links: http://hdr.undp.org/en/data https://data.worldbank.org/
(You may not always find the latest data or any data at all for certain indicators for your country.
If so, note it in your report)
- Explain your findings in the data carefully and discuss some poverty or inequality reduction policies that this country may have used or you think that it should have used.
You need to find related news, articles and studies to work on this portion.
- Include a brief reference.
Required Report Length
Each case study should have at least three pages. (Suggested length: 3-5 pages). Submit in Microsoft word document. Single spaced with font 12.
Case study 2:
Use the same developing country as case study #1, report its data on the topic you choose and discuss its development.
Requirement:
- Make sure you are studying the same country as your case study #1.
- Find some of the important and basic indicators* regarding your topic.
- Carefully explain your findings in the data.
- Regarding the topic you chose, discuss some of the policies that this country has been using or has used in the past. What are the results? Do you agree with these policies? Are there any consequences? What can other countries learn from these policies?
- Include a brief reference.
*Please refer to class material to decide on which indicators/data to include. You can find most of data from the World Bank data base. Here are some examples on what to include:
Population: Size of the population, Crude birth rate/death rate, Population growth rate, Total fertility rate, Population pyramid: Age structure and dependency burdens.
Health: Top ten reasons of death, Physicians per 1,000 people, Health expenditure, Health expenditure per capita, Recent/Current situation on Covid-19 Pandemic.
Education: Literacy rate, different level school enrollment rates, government expenditure per student, primary school completion rate, pupil-teacher ratio, expected years of schooling, mean years of schooling.
Required Report Length
Each case study should have at least three pages. (Suggested length: 3-5 pages). Submit in Microsoft word document. Single spaced with font 12.
Case study 1:
Choose a developing country, report its basic economic data and analyze its situation on Poverty and Inequality.
Requirements:
- Include one-page country summary
- Find some of the important and basic development indicators. It includes: HDI, life expectancy at birth, expected years of schooling, mean years of schooling, GNI per capita (PPP, $), Economic Growth Rate and so on if they are not already included in the one-page country summary.
- Report data on Poverty and inequality.
Measures on Poverty:
Population living below poverty line, PPP $1.9 a day
Poverty headcount index at PPP $1.9 a day
Poverty Gap at PPP $1.9 a day
Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)
Measures of inequality:
Gini coefficient
Size distribution: Income share held by top 20% and income share held by the poorest 20%
Useful Links: http://hdr.undp.org/en/data (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
https://data.worldbank.org/ (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
(You may not always find the latest data or any data at all for certain indicators for your country. If so, note it in your report)
- Explain your findings in the data carefully and discuss some poverty or inequality reduction policies that this country may have used or you think that it should have used. You need to find related news, articles and studies to work on this portion.
- Include a brief reference.
Required Report Length
Each case study should have at least three pages. (Suggested length: 3-5 pages). Submit in Microsoft word document. Single spaced with font 12.
Rubric
Rubrics for Case study #1
| Rubrics for Case study #1 | ||
| Criteria | Ratings | Pts |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeContent accuracy | 25 pts Full Marks Covers essential material completely and in depth. All content throughout the study is accurate. There are no factual errors. It helps us to understand the poverty and inequality issue in this country. 20 pts Good Includes essential & some non-essential information. Content is mostly accurate but there is one piece of information that might be inaccurate or not fully developed or without explanation. 15 pts Fair Includes some essential information with same amount of non-essential. Lots of unexplained facts presented. One piece of information is clearly flawed or inaccurate. Vague connection to clinical issues. 10 pts Poor Includes little essential information and mostly non-essential information. Content is confusing or contains more than one factual error. | 25 pts |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeChoice of the country | 10 pts Full Marks It has to be a developing country from the given list. 0 pts No Marks | 10 pts |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSpelling and Grammar | 5 pts Full Marks Report has no misspellings or grammatical errors. 3 pts Good Report has 1-2 misspellings or grammatical errors. 2 pts Fair Reports has more than 2 grammatical and spelling errors. 0 pts No Marks many grammatical and spelling errors. | 5 pts |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOrganization | 10 pts Full Marks Reports findings and conclusions in a highly organized manner. 5 pts Good Reports findings and conclusions with some degree of organization. 3 pts Fair Reports information haphazardly with minimal degree of organization. 0 pts No Marks Disorganized | 10 pts |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeInequality Data required | 10 pts Full Marks Includes all the required data on inequality. 8 pts Good Missing one or two measures. 0 pts No Marks | 10 pts |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePoverty data required | 10 pts Full Marks Includes all the required data on Poverty 8 pts Good Missing one or two measures. 0 pts No Marks | 10 pts |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOne-page summary and basic development indicators | 10 pts Full Marks Includes the one-page summary from CIA factbook page and development indicators. 0 pts No Marks | 10 pts |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePeer Reviews | 20 pts Full Marks Review both assigned entries in a professional respectful manner. Review your classmates’ reports and give feedback, make comments on what you have learned from the study and suggest some improvement that can be made to make it a better report. 10 pts Good Review only one of the assigned case studies. Review your classmates’ reports and give feedback, make comments on what you have learned from the study and suggest some improvement that can be made to make it a better report. 8 pts Fair Completed the peer reviews but the comments are not very productive. 0 pts No Marks Did not get assigned for any peer reviews or assigned peer reviews not completed before the due date. | 20 pts |
| Total Points: 100 |
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