GloPo: Development Unit

Homework

Canada

UK

Italy

Netherlands

India

Saudi Arabia

Peru

Argentina

Cuba

Barbados

China

Syria

Japan

Russia

Vietnam

Iceland

Ghana

France

Denmark

USA

Hong Kong

New Zealand

Uganda

Belgium

Costa Rica

 

 

TASK : Place the following countries in a hierarchy of development – from most developed to least developed. 

 

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Case studies: Lebanon and Belarus


1) Search for current news on Lebanon and Belarus: what is happening and why? Background, historical context and current situation

2)  Check 

- Fragile states index-statistics
- democracy index
- transparency index

concerning the countries

3) Try to give us explanations on the development of both of the countries

4) Get familiar with a) Modernization theory b) Dependency Theory and create claims and counterclaims for and against

4) Try to apply those theories to the development of Lebanon and Belarus

5) Produce couple of slides on your case study!