Country report

  The country report should include a brief historical overview of the country you chose for this assignment. In addition to economic variables, the report should include some demographic and social variables that will allow a characterization of the structure of the economy and the level of development of the country. Students should use the World Development Indicators and the CIA world factbook as the main sources of information for this report. In addition to these sources, you can use internationally recognized sources such as the UN, World Health Organization, IMF, etc. Use tables, narrative explanations, graphs and/or maps to convey important information efficiently. When presenting a table or a time series graph you should provide an analysis or description of the information contained in the table or graph. For all the variables that you obtain data for, you will observe that they change overtime. Can you identify specific trends over different periods of time? Have some of the outcomes (e.g. poverty or inequality) improved, remain stagnant or worsened over time? Last but not least, you will explore some cultural aspects of the country by identifying traditional music of the country. Please search “Music of [name of the country]” in google, and you will get a Wikipedia article about it. Read the article and listen to some of the suggested music in the article (YouTube will be helpful here). Next, pick the piece that you like the most and provide a YouTube link in your country report. Here is a suggested outline for the paper. Students may add some few more variables if necessary. I. Country general background, which should include some relevant points about the history of the country. Moreover, this section should include the following information: Geography a) Location b) Area c) Natural resources It should also include the following table: 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Population Birth rate Crude Death rate Population growth rate Labor force Urban population and information for the latest year available for these variables: Demographic variables a) Ethnic groups b) Median age (current) c) Age dependency ratio II. The domestic economy Create a yearly time series graph for each of the following variables starting in 1980 up until the latest available year (2018 or 2019 for most cases): Real GDP Real GDP per capita Inflation rate Unemployment rate Based on the graphs, can you identify periods of fast, stagnant, or slow economic growth? Can you identify periods of time of economic decline? Do the same with the graphs of inflation and unemployment. Create the following table: 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2019 Agriculture (% of GDP) Industry (% of GDP) Services (% of GDP) Employment in agriculture Based on the information provided by the table above, has the country experienced structural transformation as measured by the changes in agriculture, industry and services as percentage of GDP? Identify the main Agricultural products and Industries of the country. International trade Include current information about the following variables: a) Imports partners b) Imports – commodities c) Exports - partners d) Exports – commodities Create a yearly time series graph for each of the following variables starting in 1980 up until the latest available year (2018 or 2019 for most cases): e) Exports and imports (in millions of US dollars) f) Trade balance Include the following table 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Official Exchange rate Import volume Export volume Social indicators - Present and discuss relevant social indicators about the country. a. Poverty 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Poverty ($1.90 a day) Poverty ($3.20 a day) Poverty ($5.50 a day) b. Inequality 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Income share held by highest 10% Income share held by lowest 10% Income share held by lowest 20% 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Gini index III. Music Provide the YouTube link of the musical piece that you chose from the country you are studying. IV. Conclusions In this section, based on all your findings, you should discuss some of the aspects that you consider are the most relevant for the country.