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ECON1020
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 10
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 Terence Yeo)
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 –
Slovakia.
Last digit Country
0 or 1 Austria
2 or 3 Bulgaria
4 or 5 Estonia
6 or 7 Finland
8 or 9 Poland
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.