This is COUNTRY
- consider including some info about the population, language, religion, geography/region; add maps/photos; other interesting facts).
- A good starting point for this section is: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/ (select “your” country in the drop-down menu on the right)
- 1-2 paragraphs max, team effort
EXTENT OF GLOBALIZATION
Each student in your group should contribute two indicators, with sufficient information (e.g., the “Trade” entry in the Romania example constitutes one indicator). If one of the MUST INCLUDE indicators is missing for your country and you are responsible for it, select another indicator from the OPTIONAL list that follows
MUST INCLUDE:
- Trade (total, exports, and imports), as percentage of GDP (use the World Development Indicators — https://databank.worldbank.org/reports.aspx?source=world-development-indicators)
- Foreign direct investment inflows, net USD and as percentage of GDP (use the World Development Indicators —https://databank.worldbank.org/reports.aspx?source=world-development-indicators)
- Foreign direct investment outflows, net USD and as percentage of GDP (use the World Development Indicators — https://databank.worldbank.org/reports.aspx?source=world-development-indicators)
- Attitudes toward globalization
- This Pew report from 2014 (most recent data) has info for all your countries except Sweden. You can skim through (good examples of visualization); starting on page 33, you can find data by country, for several questions related to globalization (https://www.pewresearch.org/global/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/09/Pew-Research-Center-Trade-Report-FINAL-September-16-2014.pdf)
- This Eurobarometer interactive graph has data for Sweden and Turkey; select your country (and others, for comparison, if wanted) (https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/Chart/getChart/themeKy/32/groupKy/189)
- This Special Eurobarometer report has data for Sweden, on several questions related to ‘globalisation’, starting on pare 23. ( Eurobarometer 2107 Globalisation )
- Internet access (use the World Development Indicators —https://databank.worldbank.org/reports.aspx?source=world-development-indicators)
- Tourism; air transport (use the World Development Indicators — https://databank.worldbank.org/reports.aspx?source=world-development-indicators)
- Immigration and emigration; remittances
- Use country government statistics OR the World Development Indicators — https://databank.worldbank.org/reports.aspx?source=world-development-indicators)
- Participation in international agreements:
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- International agreements (https://ec.europa.eu/world/agreements/searchByCountryAndContinent.do?id=4&letter=A&countryFlag=treaties) Note: this database only includes the agreements that also have a European country as a partner; still interesting.
- Regional trade agreements: https://rtais.wto.org/UI/publicPreDefRepByCountry.aspx
- Bilateral investment treaties: https://icsid.worldbank.org/resources/databases/bilateral-investment-treaties
OPTIONAL: YOU MAY ALSO SELECT 1 MORE FROM:
- Facebook users (here’s a source, but you can also google the number for your country https://www.statista.com/statistics/268136/top-15-countries-based-on-number-of-facebook-users/; if you get the NUMBER of users, make sure to also divide by population, and report both total users and users as a percentage of the population).
- Study abroad / hosting international students
- International students in specific countries (not all countries have data, but worth checking: https://www.iie.org/en/Research-and-Insights/Project-Atlas ; Scroll down and on the left hand side there is a “Choose a country” box where you can look for your country)
- International students in and from the US; includes data about the top countries sending students to the US and BR, IN, VN are on the list; ZA is a top destination for US students (https://p.widencdn.net/6tpaeo/Open-Doors-Annual-Data-Release-2019-11-17-Print)
- Percentage of population speaking English / foreign languages (country-specific google search)
- Foreign media consumption (country-specific google search)
- Major ports activity/capacity (this would have to be country-specific google search to identify the major international freight ports and get some data about them; for visualization, might include a map.)
- World Bank investment projects in the country (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/digital-governance-projects-database)
- Other indicator you find interesting/relevant