Country Report Instruction
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ECON7001
Country Report Instruction (total number of pages: 10)
Assessment Task Country Report
Group or Individual Individual
Weighting 35% (100 marks reweighted to 35%)
Word Limit 1200 ± 100 words
DUE DATE 1.00 pm Wednesday, April 5
Marking Guide (Rubric) Blackboard > Assessment > Country Report > Rubric
Submission Turnitin via course BB site (further guidance provided below).
The submission title (which is different from the file name) must be
of the following format:
Allocated Country First Name Surname
(e.g., Norway KK Tang)
Academic Integrity UQ has strict rules against cheating, including “colluding with other
students on individual assessment items”. You must read and be
familiar with these rules (PPL 3.60.04 Student Integrity and
Misconduct).
Acknowledgement
We would like to acknowledge the contribution
of Jackie Chin, Strategist, Dynamic Asset
Allocation at Future Fund, BEcon (Hons) 2005,
in the development of this report assignment.
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CONTEXT
A multinational company is considering investing in the country that you have been allocated. If the
macroeconomic environment of the country is deemed favourable compared to alternative
destinations, then the company will proceed to look for specific investment projects. However, you
are not provided with any information regarding potential investment projects for commercial
confidentiality reasons.
YOUR TASKS
As independent an economic consultant, you are hired by this company to:
a) provide an economic profile for the country; and
b) benchmark its performance against some other potential destination countries.
In doing so, you will deliver a structured Country Report, which includes the following illustrative
features:
Up to three (3) figures (diagrams, graphs or tables) in total. Here, you can use a mixture of
diagrams, graphs and tables provided the total number is no more than 3.
You can include more than one variable in a graph or table.
You must produce your figures, rather than cut and paste from some sources. You must
keep a copy of the file that you use to create your figures as you could be asked to provide it
as proof that those figures are your work.
You can use direct quotes provided the total number of quoted words sums to 20 words or
less in the whole of the report. This rule is intended to prevent students from over-relying on
direct quotes without critically analysing the content of the source.
WARNING: This assessment task evaluates students' abilities, skills and knowledge without the
aid of Artificial Intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT. Students are advised that the use of AI
technologies to develop responses is strictly prohibited and may constitute student
misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct.
However, you are allowed to use proofreading software, such as Grammarly, to help you proofread your report.
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COUNTRY ALLOCATION
The country you must use for this report is based on the last digit of your student number: For
example, if your student number is 44194356, then you need to work on country number 6 –
Norway.
Last digit Country
0 or 1 Canada
2 or 3 Switzerland
4 or 5 Japan
6 or 7 Norway
8 or 9 Singapore
PLEASE NOTE: The number in your student email address (e.g., S4419435) is not your student
number: it misses the last digit (i.e. 6 in this example). A penalty will be applied if you fail to
follow the country allocation rules.
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Penalty Rates
LATE SUBMISSION:
● When an extension has not been previously approved, a penalty of 10 marks (out of 100)
will be deducted for every 24-hour block up to 7 calendar days, at which point any
submission will not receive any marks. That is:
o 10 marks penalty if submitted within 24 hours after the deadline
o 20 marks penalty if submitted between 24 to 48 hours after the deadline
o …
o 60 marks penalty if submitted between 120 to 144 hours after the deadline
o 70 marks penalty if submitted between 144 to 168 hours after the deadline
o After 168 hours, a zero mark will be given.
HIGH TURNITIN SIMILARITY INDEX VALUE:
● 8-10: as much as 5 marks (out of 100) may be deducted
● 11-15: as much as 10 marks (out of 100) may be deducted
● 16-20: as much as 15 marks (out of 100) may be deducted
● > 20: as much as 30 or more marks (out of 100) may be deducted.
Besides mark deduction, cases of alleged plagiarism will be reported to the School’s Integrity
Officer for investigation following the University’s policy.
Similarity index values change slightly over time as Turnitin continuously add new materials to its
database. The best strategy is to keep your similarity index value sufficiently low, e.g., below 5,
so that even though it goes up a little bit after submission it will not exceed 7.
You are given a buffer of 7 for the Similarity Index Value to cover some unavoidable
similarities. In addition, anything on the template and references is excluded from the index, and
Turnitin will ignore a small amount of unavoidable similarity.
COPYING FIGURES:
● For each copied figure (diagrams, graphs, or tables): 15 marks (out of 100) will be
deducted.
● The penalty remains the same even if references are provided for the copied figures.
● You must keep a copy of the file that you use to create your figures as you could be
asked to provide it as proof that those figures are your own work.
WRONG COUNTRY: 15 marks (out of 100) will be deducted.
OMITTING THE COVER SHEET:
● Omitting the whole cover sheet: 10 marks (out of 100) will be deducted.
● Omitting some parts of the cover sheet: 5 marks (out of 100) will be deducted.
EXCEEDING THE WORDCOUNT LIMIT (1200 ± 100):
● 5 marks for every 50 words exceeding 1300.
● E.g., 5 marks for 1308; 10 marks for 1375 etc.
● No penalty for less than 1100 words. But students may lose marks for insufficient
content.
WRONG SUBMISSION TITLE STRUCTURE: 10 marks (out of 100) will be deducted.
● The submission title is not the same as the file name.
● You will be asked to provide a submission title when you upload your file.
● What we require is a correct submission title structure because the marker identifies your
submission based on the submission title, not the file name.
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REPORT STRUCTURE
1. Macroeconomic Performance (~550 words)
a. Assess the macroeconomic performance of your country based on macroeconomic
indicators covered in Topics 1-4 of this course, e.g., GDP per capita, inflation,
unemployment etc., for 5-10 years up to 2018.