LO1 Evaluate the Institutions of the global economy

LO2 Analyse arguments about global economic trends and dynamics

LO3 Interpret differing levels of global movements of goods and factors of production

LO4 Interpret and apply economic analysis to the role of international business organisations and their activities

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Assessment Brief/ Task

The detailed requirements for this task are as follows:

Using data that you have collected form the relevant World Investment Reports compare, contrast and explain the significance of American and Chinese FDI in Africa since 2000.

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Assessment Criteria

The module Learning Outcomes tested by this assessment task are indicated on page 1. The precise criteria against which your work will be marked are as follows:

1. Obtain and assess relevant data on of American and China FDI in poor countries from the WIR and changes over time.

2. Identify and apply theoretical concepts and frameworks for assessing and comparing foreign investment and to why those controlling American and Chinese find some countries and sectors attractive.

3. Consider the issues of economic rationality and political influence in FDI patterns.

4. Demonstrate clarity of writing, a good structure, coherence and appropriate referencing

Sources:

1. Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK

Publisher: Routledge

2. The Morality of the Market

3. IS U.S. ECONOMIC GROWTH OVER? FALTERING INNOVATION CONFRONTS THE SIX HEADWINDS

Robert J. Gordon

4. The economics of international comparative advantage in the modern world

David Faulkner and Susan Segal-Horn

5. Goodbye Washington Consensus, Hello Washington Confusion?

A Review of the World Bank's Economic Growth in the 1990s: Learning from a Decade of Reform DANI RODRIK∗

6. Is the Globalization Consensus Dead? Robert Wade

7. GLOBAL UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT, PRIMITIVE ACCUMULATION AND POLITICAL-ECONOMIC CONFLICT IN AFRICA: THE RETURN OF THE THEORY OF IMPERIALISM

PATRICK BOND

8. The Eclectic (OLI) Paradigm of International Production: Past, Present and Future JOHN H. DUNNING

9. Location and the multinational enterprise: John Dunning's thoughts on receiving the Journal of International Business Studies 2008 Decade Award

10. FDI Waves, Waves of Neglect of Political Risk PIERRE-GUILLAUME ME ´ON and KHALID SEKKAT* Universite ´ libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.), Belgium