Conflict and Economic Development
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ECOS3997
Conflict and Economic Development
Week 6 - Final Report
The plan for today
Today we will be discussing the final report for ECOS3997.
➢General information on the report
➢What should your report be about?
➢What is expected of you?
➢Structure of the report
➢Marking rubric
General information
➢Your main assignment is to write a "final report".
➢Due on 05 May 2023, 23:59 (week 10).
➢Accounts for 60% of your final mark.
➢Word count: 3000 (excluding references)
What should your report be about?
For a conflict of your choice, write a detailed report analyzing its
economic causes and consequences.
Based on your analysis, provide at least one policy
recommendation that can be used to mitigate the effects of the
conflict on economic development.
Explain the reasoning behind your recommendation.
➢ You will be required to substantiate your report using data (for
example, number of conflict deaths, GDP, population, poverty,
unemployment rate, imports/exports, foreign
direct investments, military expenditure, mortality, literacy
etc.)
➢ You will need to include at least 1 “original”
visualization AND at least 1 “original” quantification on the
cost of conflict in your report.
What is expected of you?
➢The idea of this exercise is to show your ability to write a policy brief for key
policymakers in the country of interest.
➢You should demonstrate your understanding of
▪ The origin and state of the conflict (commencement and evolution of the conflict)
▪ The consequences of the conflict – who, what, where the impacts were observed
➢ You should propose a policy recommendation that can be used to mitigate the
effects of this conflict on short term/ long-term economic development.
➢ You should present data and evidence from the literature to support your
proposal.
➢ You should clearly discuss the limitations of your analysis.
Report structure
1. Title page
2. Executive summary
3. Introduction
4. Analysis
5. Policy proposal
6. Discussion and recommendation
7. Conclusion
8. References
1. Title Page
➢Standard title page for Uni assignments
➢Include your details clearly
➢Include course # and Stream #
➢Include title of your report
2. Executive summary
➢The report should start with a 1-page summary of your report.
➢This gives the reader an idea of what to expect in the rest of the report.
➢Summarise clearly and concisely:
▪ The context (ie, what is the conflict)
▪ Economic causes and consequences
▪ Policy recommendation, justification and limitations
➢A good executive summary will give the reader a clean and clear idea of
the conflict, the policy proposal and why it matters.
➢If the executive summary does not clearly represent what you do in the
report --> not a good executive report.
➢The executive summary is usually written at the very end, when all
other parts of the report are complete.
3. Introduction
Provide a clear introduction of the context of your report.
▪What is the conflict?
▪Where did this conflict happen? (ie, country of the conflict)
▪When did the conflict start? When did it end? Is it still ongoing?
▪Who are the parties of the conflict?
▪Why are they fighting?
Is it an international conflict?
➢ Which countries were involved in the fighting?
➢ Which countries were affected?
Is it a domestic conflict?
➢ Which geographic areas of the country were affected?
➢ Which industries were affected?
➢ Did this domestic conflict also have international consequences?
4. Analysis
Provide a clear, data-driven analysis of the causes and consequences of the
conflict.
Conduct a descriptive data analysis – to give the reader maximum
information.
Read the literature to understand what drives conflict in general, and link this
understanding to the causes and consequences of this particular conflict.