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LEARNING OUTCOMES:
This assignment requires you to draw on several areas of study within the Module.
You are expected to demonstrate and will be evaluated on your ability to:
1. Identify and critically assess the various factors leading to growth and decline
in a variety of Asian Economies.
2. Critically examine how contemporary neo-liberal policies impact upon the
Asian Economics
A. THE REQUIREMENTS
A written essay of approximately 2,500 words that evaluates economic and strategic
issues selected from the topics in the next page.
The assignment must adhere to standard academic documentation standards:
• Please use appropriate citation and reference according to the Harvard Name
Referencing System in order to avoid plagiarism.
• Font type should be Times New Roman.
• Font size should be 12 pts.
• Vertical / line spacing should be 1.5-line spacing.
• You must use enough of your own words to convince that you understand
what you are writing and are not just “cutting and pasting”. Normally your
own words should be no less than 80% of the total word count.
• You should on no account make reference to www.wikipedia.com or its
related sites as a source for your work.
• You may include diagrams, figures, tables etc without word penalty.
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B. Topics: You need to choose only 1 (ONE) of the topics given below:
1. Managers need to be aware of the effects of globalisation and free trade on
both their country and the international economy. Some argued that these two
events have significantly help develop a country’s economy but there are
oppositions that claimed that globalisation and free trade do not necessarily
lead to economic prosperity. Critically discuss whether globalisation and free
trade have been positive forces towards economic development in East Asia.
2. "When reaching export stage, the growth of domestic demand will decline.
Exports of the product have begun to increase and imports decline. The strong
exports enable the country to import capital goods for continued expansion of
production. Inward FDI becomes significant as the same industry in the advanced
countries has lost its comparative advantage and has to relocate to developing
countries. As the industry gets into its mature stage, production slows down due to
increasing costs and intensified competition from late-starting countries.
(The Flying Geese Economic Development Model; Akamatsu K.(1962): A
historical pattern of economic growth in developing countries. Journal of Developing
Economies, 1(1):3-25, March-August)
Illustrate the flying geese phenomena, using the South East Asian countries as a
model. Explain the weakness of the model based on recent events in Asia.
3 . “Policymakers throughout the region have commented that the rise of China has
contributed to the “hollowing out” phenomenon, with foreign and domestic
investors leaving their countries and investing in China instead. This in turn has
led to a continued loss of manufacturing industries and jobs, further weakening
the vitality of these economies”. (Chantasasawat et al. 2004).
To what extent would you agree with this statement?
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C. ASSIGNMENT STRUCTURE
Your document should incorporate the following items:
i. A cover page
ii. Table of contents
iii. Introduction
iv. Your answer
v. References
vi. Appendix (optional)
D. DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS
Cover Page
The assignment cover page should contain information as stated below in order:
• UCTI Logo
• Module Name and Code
• Assignment Title
• Assignment Description (Individual Assignment)
• Intake Number
• Hand out and Hand in dates
• Lecturer’s Name
Table of contents.
The table of contents should follow the title page. The table of contents may be one
or more pages long. The table of contents page(s) will not be numbered.
Body of the written entry.
The body of the written entry begins with Introduction and continues in the sequence
outlined above. The first page of the body is numbered 1 and all following pages are
numbered in sequence. The numbered pages continue through references.
References
All the references used in the assignment should be given in this page and must be in
Harvard Name Referencing formats.
Appendix
An appendix is optional. Include in the appendix any exhibit appropriate to the written
entry but not important enough to include in the body; these might include sample
questionnaires used, newspaper articles, general background data, etc.
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E. Mark Distribution for assignment
The mark allocation for the assignment will be as follows:
 40 % of the mark will be allocated for Acquisition of knowledge/application of
concepts/ research material and evidence of original thinking.
 45% of the marks will be allocated for Quality of argument/reasoning; the depth
of analysis; expansion of ideas/argument and recognition of wider
context/complexity of topic
 15 % of the marks will be allocated for overall quality.
You will be assessed at 100% for this Assignment and the marks will be weighted at 50% for the
overall marks for this module.
F. ASSIGNMENT ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
The criteria below detail the areas, which will be taken into account when the
assignment is marked. Each piece of assessed work will be awarded a percentage
between 0 and 100%. The grades awarded will be marked according to the
following criteria:
75% + This would be equivalent to a Distinction and would represent
outstanding performance. The work should show a thorough
understanding of the issue together with a high degree of analysis and
critical evaluation.
65 – 74% This will be equivalent to a Credit. This would represent extremely
good work demonstrating an in depth understanding of material and
sound analysis and conclusions.
50 – 64% This would be equivalent to a Pass. Work in this category should
demonstrate good application of the main Principles to the question set
and provide a well-balanced view.
49 – 0% This would represent a failure to pass demonstrating a poor command
of the knowledge of subject area combined with an inability to
interpret the question.
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Please pay particular attention to the following:
• Ensure that the contents page precisely reflects the whole content of the report
including the appendices.
• Page numbering: Ensure that the contents page accurately reflects the position of
the contents. Page numbers prior to the ‘introduction’ should be roman
numerals. From the introduction onwards page numbering should be
Arabic.
• References should be listed according to the Harvard convention with the authors
listed in alphabetical order.
• Authors should be accurately referenced within the report according to the
Harvard convention.
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