Econ 212

Economic Development

Berndt

Guidelines for Presentation

Objective:

To become familiar with the challenges faced by a particular developing country, by understanding the country's background and historical environment and by applying economic theory to its unique situation.

Overview:

You will choose a country from a list of developing countries on which to do some independent research. You will research the background of the country with regard to population, culture, languages spoken, relevant historical developments, form of government, neighboring countries, religion(s), etc. You will sign up for one of three topical areas on which to focus.

*Population, fertility and mortality

*Human Capital

*Technology

*Culture

*Government

*Globalization and trade

*Income Inequality

*Foreign Aid

*Geography and/or Environment

You will be expected to discuss the topic you select using relevant facts from the country's historical or current experience to illustrate. For example, if you should choose The Republic of Sudan and Population as your topic, you might discuss (among other things) the effects of the country's 50 years of civil war on the demographics of the country. This presentation is not to be a report of facts that you gather from the internet and other sources, but should be an application of economic theory to those facts. Your presentation should be approximately 15 minutes long.

Helpful Web Resources:

World Bank: http://www.worldbank.org/

CIA: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

US State Department: http://www.state.gov/

USAID: http://www.usaid.gov/

Developing Country List:

Afghanistan	Djibouti	Lao PDR	Sao Tome and Principe
Albania	Dominican Republic	Lesotho	Senegal
Algeria	Ecuador	Liberia	Serbia and Montenegro
Angola	Egypt, Arab Rep.	Macedonia, FYR	Sierra Leone
Armenia	El Salvador	Madagascar	Solomon Islands
Azerbaijan	Eritrea	Malawi	Somalia
Bangladesh	Ethiopia	Maldives	Sri Lanka
Belarus	Fiji	Mali	Sudan
Benin	Gambia, The	Marshall Islands	Suriname
Bhutan	Georgia	Mauritania	Swaziland
Bolivia	Ghana	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	Syrian Arab Republic
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Guatemala	Moldova	Tajikistan
Brazil	Guinea	Mongolia	Tanzania
Bulgaria	Guinea-Bissau	Morocco	Thailand
Burkina Faso	Guyana	Mozambique	Timor-Leste
Burundi	Haiti	Myanmar	Togo
Cambodia	Honduras	Namibia	Tonga
Cameroon	India	Nepal	Tunisia
Cape Verde	Indonesia	Nicaragua	Turkmenistan
Central African Republic	Iran, Islamic Rep.	Niger	Uganda
Chad	Iraq	Nigeria	Ukraine
China	Jamaica	Pakistan	Uzbekistan
Colombia	Jordan	Papua New Guinea	Vanuatu
Comoros	Kazakhstan	Paraguay	Vietnam
Congo, Dem. Rep	Kenya	Peru	West Bank and Gaza
Congo, Rep.	Kiribati	Philippines	Yemen, Rep.
Cote d'Ivoire	Korea, Dem Rep.	Rwanda	Zambia
Cuba	Kyrgyz Republic	Samoa	Zimbabwe