ECON7001 Foundations in Macroeconomics Assessment - Country Report
Assessment Task: Country Report
Group or Individual: Individual
Weighting: 35% (100 marks reweighted to 35%)
Word Limit: 1100 ± 100 words
CONTEXT
A multinational company is considering making an investment 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.
TASK
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 own figures, rather than cut and paste from some sources. You
must keep a copy of your data file as you could be asked to provide it as proof.
🗹 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.
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 Estonia
2 or 3 Latvia
4 or 5 Lithuania
6 or 7 Slovakia
8 or 9 Slovenia
1. Macroeconomic Performance (~600 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 before 2020.
b. Explain how these indicators are related to each other in the context of your country using
theories and concepts cover in the course.
c. Explain what factors, including economic policies, are driving these indicators.
2. Benchmarking (~500 words)
a. Select a country as a benchmark to evaluate your country’s macroeconomic performance.
Explain the reasons for your selection and potential limitations.
b. How does your country’s macroeconomy perform compared to the benchmark country?
Explain the reasons for any differences.
c. Which country will be a more preferred investment destination and why?
3. References
References and citations must be in the APA 7th style.