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APUSpecial Lecture on Development Strategy by Motoo Kusakabe |
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Lesson Thirteen: |
| 13. Preparation of Country Presentation (Group Study) | |
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Each country presentation should include the following components (but we welcome the creative way to make a presentation. You can focus on some components or add other component)
Total time for presentation is 30 minutes maximum (every member should have a clear idea of time alocated to his/her component.
1. Country overview: - What is the current per capita GDP, poverty, and major human development indicators (literacy, child mortality, etc)? How these levels compare with comparator countries? - How was the past history of economic growth? Any down-turn or upturn of growth? What do you think the reason behind such development?
2. Investment & Savings - It is better to have a graph to show the historical development of investment/ratio, savings ratio and DGP per capita growth rate, - What is the result of the Granger test of causality? - Any policies to increase savings and investments?
3. Trade and Exports - Graph to show the historical development of export/GDP ratio and GDP per capita growth - When the country took a major liberalization of trade and why? - Did the liberalization have any meaningful impact on growth and industrial development? - If there is still trade restriction remain, what are they? - What is the prospect of future trade policy?
4. Education/Human Capital - Describe very briefly the trend of educational indicators. What kind of educational reform did the country take in the recent years? - What is the result of the granger test of causality? - Which level of education the government should put priority?
5. Technology/Innovation - Compare innovation indicators with comparator countries. which are is relatively advanced and which areas are lagging behind? - Can you find any articles describing the total factor productivity growth of the country? - Describe the government policies to promote innovation? - What type of national innovation system the country should follow?
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