Analyzing the Investment Potential of a Country
You are scouting new markets for your company. The company would like to move all or part of its operations to a developing country to save resources. It is your task to evaluate the investment potential of two countries. You should display your data in a set of infographics (posters), along with the pros and cons of the possible market, and impact on the people and culture.  Infographics provide a means of showing large amounts of data and information in a quick, easily accessible format.
At the end of the term you will present your findings to the class by sharing your collection of infographics, which tell the stories of your countries and graphically displays the information that you used to make your scouting decision.
You should have a set of 3 to 5 infographics for each country that you considered in depth that includes the following variables, (which are explained in more detail below):
Structure of the Economy
Economic Indicators
Health Indictors
Education
Governance Indicators
The list of countries classified by region and by income is provided below and can be found at: List of Countries
Please note the following:
The two countries chosen cannot be from the same region
Each of the countries chosen must come from one of the following income categories: Lower Income; Lower Middle Income, and Upper Middle Income.
EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC  
American Samoa
Korea, Rep.
Philippines
Australia
Lao PDR
Samoa
Brunei Darussalam
Macao SAR, China
Singapore
Cambodia
Malaysia
Solomon Islands
China
Marshall Islands
Taiwan, China
Fiji
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
Thailand
French Polynesia
Mongolia
Timor-Leste
Guam
Myanmar
Papua New Guinea
Hong Kong SAR, China
Nauru
Tonga
Indonesia
New Caledonia
Tuvalu
Japan
New Zealand
Vanuatu
Kiribati
Northern Mariana Islands
Vietnam
Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.
Palau
 
 
 
 
EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA 
Albania
Gibraltar
Norway
Andorra
Greece
Poland
Armenia
Greenland
Portugal
Austria
Hungary
Romania
Azerbaijan
Iceland
Russian Federation
Belarus
Ireland
San Marino
Belgium
Isle of Man
Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Italy
Slovak Republic
Bulgaria
Kazakhstan
Slovenia
Channel Islands
Kosovo
Spain
Croatia
Kyrgyz Republic
Sweden
Cyprus
Latvia
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Liechtenstein
Tajikistan
Denmark
Lithuania
Turkey
Estonia
Luxembourg
Turkmenistan
Faroe Islands
Macedonia, FYR
Ukraine
Finland
Moldova
United Kingdom
France
Monaco
Uzbekistan
Georgia
Montenegro
 
Germany
Netherlands
 
 
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Antigua and Barbuda
Curacao
Paraguay
Argentina
Dominica
Peru
Aruba
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
Bahamas, The
Ecuador
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Barbados
El Salvador
St. Kitts and Nevis
Belize
Grenada
St. Lucia
Bolivia
Guatemala
St. Martin (French part)
Brazil
Guyana
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
British Virgin Islands
Haiti
Suriname
Cayman Islands
Honduras
Trinidad and Tobago
Chile
Jamaica
Turks and Caicos Islands
Colombia
Mexico
Uruguay
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Venezuela, RB
Cuba
Panama
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
 
 
 
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 
Algeria
Jordan
Qatar
Bahrain
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Djibouti
Lebanon
Syrian Arab Republic
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Libya
Tunisia
Iran, Islamic Rep.
Malta
United Arab Emirates
Iraq
Morocco
West Bank and Gaza
Israel
Oman
Yemen, Rep.
 
NORTH AMERICA
Bermuda
Canada
United States
 
 
 
SOUTH ASIA 
Afghanistan
India
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Maldives
Sri Lanka
Bhutan
Nepal
 
 
 
 
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 
Angola
Gabon
Nigeria
Benin
Gambia, The
Rwanda
Botswana
Ghana
São Tomé and Principe
Burkina Faso
Guinea
Senegal
Burundi
Guinea-Bissau
Seychelles
Cabo Verde
Kenya
Sierra Leone
Cameroon
Lesotho
Somalia
Central African Republic
Liberia
South Africa
Chad
Madagascar
South Sudan
Comoros
Malawi
Sudan
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Mali
Swaziland
Congo, Rep
Mauritania
Tanzania
Côte d’Ivoire
Mauritius
Togo
Equatorial Guinea
Mozambique
Uganda
Eritrea
Namibia
Zambia
Ethiopia
Niger
Zimbabwe

LOW-INCOME ECONOMIES ($1,025 OR LESS)     
Afghanistan
Guinea-Bissau
Sierra Leone
Benin
Haiti
Somalia
Burkina Faso
Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.
South Sudan
Burundi
Liberia
Syrian Arab Republic
Central African Republic
Madagascar
Tajikistan
Chad
Malawi
Tanzania
Congo, Dem. Rep
Mali
Togo
Eritrea
Mozambique
Uganda
Ethiopia
Nepal
Yemen, Rep.
Gambia, The
Niger
 
Guinea
Rwanda
 
 
 
 
LOWER-MIDDLE INCOME ECONOMIES ($1,026 TO $3,995)      
Angola
Indonesia
Philippines
Bangladesh
Kenya
São Tomé and Principe
Bhutan
Kiribati
Senegal
Bolivia
Kyrgyz Republic
Solomon Islands
Cabo Verde
Lao PDR
Sudan
Cambodia
Lesotho
Swaziland
Cameroon
Mauritania
Timor-Leste
Comoros
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
Tunisia
Congo, Rep.
Moldova
Ukraine
Côte d’Ivoire
Mongolia
Uzbekistan
Djibouti
Morocco
Vanuatu
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Myanmar
Vietnam
El Salvador
Nicaragua
West Bank and Gaza
Ghana
Nigeria  
Zambia
Honduras
Pakistan  
Zimbabwe
India
Papua New Guinea  
 
 
 
 
UPPER-MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMIES ($3,996 TO $12,375) 
Albania
Fiji
Montenegro
Algeria
Gabon
Namibia
American Samoa
Georgia
Nauru
Argentina
Grenada
Paraguay
Armenia
Guatemala
Peru  
Azerbaijan
Guyana
Romania
Belarus
Iran, Islamic Rep.
Russian Federation
Belize
Iraq
Samoa
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jamaica
Serbia
Botswana
Jordan
Sri Lanka
Brazil
Kazakhstan
South Africa
Bulgaria
Kosovo
St. Lucia
China
Lebanon
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Colombia
Libya
Suriname
Costa Rica
Macedonia, FYR  
Thailand
Cuba
Malaysia
Tonga
Dominica
Maldives
Turkey
Dominican Republic  
Marshall Islands
Turkmenistan
Equatorial Guinea
Mauritius
Tuvalu
Ecuador
Mexico
Venezuela, RB

 
 
 
Please note that you cannot choose more than ONE country from each region and you can only use countries from the list of countries provided. When choosing the countries, also make sure the country you are selecting has most of the data you need. You will lose points for choosing a country with hardly any data for the years of coverage.
 
Project Guidelines
The period of data analysis must cover 5 years (periods) starting not earlier than 1990 and ending in the most current year or the year prior to the current year. This means, for example, that you are required to choose 5 years, well-dispersed between 1990 and 2018. Please refrain from using 5 contiguous years, as the variables may not show significant (noticeable) fluctuations from year to year.
A good example for selecting the period of coverage is: 1990; 1995; 2005; 2010; 2015.
*Note for each variable analyzed, if you are not able to find data for a specific year under consideration, feel free to use data for a year or two prior or after that specific year.
Variables
Structure of the Economy (Latest Year Only):
Use the following variables to provide a broad economic overview of the country for the latest year for which data is available.

 
Discussion Points: Briefly comment on the development status of each country depending on the magnitude of a particular sector in the structure of the economy. For example, an economy dominated by manufacturing or industry is likely to be a developed or an industrialized economy.
Services
Manufacturing or industry
Agriculture
 
Example:

 
Sample Answer to Discussion Points: The graphs show that the development status of Country A is lower than Country B because the structure of the economy is dominated by agriculture.
 
 
Analyze the share of Exports as a Percentage of GDP for each of the two countries, for the years under observation. The data can be found at: World Development Indicators (World Bank) Data Set .
Detailed Instructions on navigating WDI indicators will be provided.
 
Economic Indicators:
 Provide data for the period of coverage for each of the two countries selected (required). 
Interest rate
Exchange rate
GDP per capita growth – annual %
Consumer Price Index
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force)(modeled ILO estimate)
Discussion Points:
After specifying the economic indicators for each country, provide a brief explanation of these factors listed above affect trade flows.
Health Indicators (all required)
Provide data for the period of coverage for each of the three countries selected. 
Life expectancy
Under 5 or child mortality rate
Domestic general government health expenditure (% of GDP)
Education (all required)
Government expenditure on education as a % of GDP
Adult literacy rate
Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary, population 25+ years, total (%) (cumulative)
Discussion Points: One of the key considerations of an MNC in determining an investment destination is the human capital of the workforce of the country. Human capital is determined by the health, the educational attainment, the skill set and the health status of the labor force. Use the information obtained in your analysis in part 3 and 4 to comment on the human capital potential of the countries you are analyzing.
Governance Indicators (Please familiarize yourselves with the meaning of each of the indicators chosen (you are required to use only 3 of the following variables). You can, however, use them all if you want.
Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank (required)
Rule of Law: Percentile Rank (required)
Control of corruption: Percentile Rank (required)
Voice & accountability (not required)
Government Effectiveness (not required)
Regulatory quality (not required)

The Governance Indicators can be found at the World Bank Institute at the following site: World Development  Indicators (World Bank) Data Set .
Discussion Points: A review of the governance indicators of a country factors significantly in the decision of an MNC to extend its operations to a particular country. Use the information obtained in your analysis in part 5 to measure the investment climates of the countries you are analyzing.
 
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