Presentations

Guidelines for Presentations

In order to explore the impact of factors/issues/events on economic performance, students are asked to choose one factor/issue/event in a particular Latin American country and explore its relationship with economic performance. One example might be, the impact social ethnic movements have had on the economic performance of Bolivia. To achieve that, eeach student must prepare a 25 minute presentation. Discussion will follow in a block of time after each presentation.

Please come ready to present as we will set the order for presentations at the beginning of the seminar. We will also discuss the short brakes before we start.

Students can take an approach of their preference; however the presentation must address the following questions:

·         Which country are we talking about?

·         Basic facts about the country

·         Explicative historical context leading to the factor/issue/event chosen

·         How has the economy evolved in recent times?

·         What is the link between factor/issue/event and the performance of the economy?

·         Can that be quantified?

·         Who are the involved actors?

·         What about the democratic institutions? Is there any impact?

·         What is the nature of the linkage? (conflictive, productive, corruptive, etc.)

·         Conclusions

Of course, these questions are to serve as guidelines to approach the presentation. That means that they don’t need to restrict your creativity and you don’t need to answer all of them.