AI 3000 Assessment Strategy/essay titles No of Assignments Assessment Weighting % Type/Duration/ Due dates for essay Jan 11th 2009 Essay Titles (deadline: Jan 11th, 2010) Please choose one from the following: 1.Provide a critical comparison of the industrialisation and economic development experiences of the 4 little tigers and 4 little cubs. 2. With reference to at least two development theories, critically evaluate Japan’s role in the economic integration of the Asia Pacific region. 3. In what ways and to what extent does China’s economic growth pose a threat or an opportunity to either (i) the more developed or (ii) the developing economies in the region? (You should make reference to at least two economies as examples). 4. Provide a critical consideration of the relationship between democratisation and development with reference to the experience of at least two economies in the region.The Essay is provided by UK Assignment http://www.ukassignment.org 5. What lessons can be learned from Japan’s ‘bubble and bust’ economy at the end of the 1990s and from its subsequent long period of slow growth. 6. How can economies in the region achieve a shift to a low carbon future? 7. Consider the difficulties for China in shifting from an investment- and export-driven development to a growth mode driven by domestic consumption. To what extent and why is this necessary and how might the difficulties be overcome? 8. What are the differing factors driving East Asia’s regional economic integration? Consider the developments in regional organisation and assess the difficulties the creating a regional economic union. 9. To what extent is the region’s successful development to be explained as the result of neoliberal globalisation? 10. Why has such a large imbalance emerged in Sino-US trade? Consider the arguments that this played a major role in the world financial crisis? Submitting your assessmentThe Essay is provided by UK Assignment http://www.ukassignment.org Coursework should be submitted in the box marked Asia-Pacific in the metal cabinet on the Ground Floor outside the Departmental Office (FY20). You must attach a cover sheet (available from outside the Office) to each piece of work you submit. Extensions can be considered only if requested in advance and where there is documentary evidence to support the request. Late Submission of Work Students who submit work within 5 working days (a change from 10 working days) after the submission date without an authorised extension will obtain a maximum mark of 40% for that element of assessment. All work submitted later than 5 working days after the published submission date without authorisation will be awarded a mark of 0%. (a change from 10 working days). Authorised extensions of between 1 and 10 days may be agreed where evidence of circumstances is accepted and where the timescales for submission are reasonable. Criteria of AssessmentThe Essay is provided by UK Assignment http://www.ukassignment.org Assessment of your will take into consideration the following:
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