Analyze labor market trends (employment, informal sector, gender disparities).

Discuss the education system (literacy rates, enrollment, challenges).

Understand the risks associated with failure ( see page 5 )

Use information from labor market chapter

Evaluate India’s institutional framework (strengths and weaknesses).

Impact of the prevalence of certain diseases on development;

Impact of the existence of large deposits of natural resources on development

Nature and quality of the legal system: protection of private property → No incentive for private investment if the risk of appropriation of

benefits by a third party/entity is too high

Rent capture: a detour of wealth from the exploitation of natural resources for personal enrichment undermines possible development based on reinvestment of profits in education/infrastructure, etc.

Degree of corruption: too much corruption discourages investment (productive and educational) and distorts resource allocation

Use World Bank: “Country policy and institutional assessment” (CPIA) to determine the quelity of institutions ( see page 5 )

Economy still at the agricultural stage / based on extractive industries, and therefore exposed to fluctuations in commodity prices?

Industrialized economy? Production activities focused on low/high value-added sectors?

Service economy?

Is growth mainly driven by domestic demand? Driven by exports? Driven by government spending?

What has been the trend in GDP growth over the last decades? Has the GDP per capita followed the same trend? If not, what are the factors that explain the difference in evolution

What is the current sectoral composition of GDP? Has this composition changed over the past few decades?

How does the breakdown by expenditure category explain the current evolution of GDP?

What are the main cyclical risk factors/challenges currently facing the country?

reference and quote sources

Use data in constant currency unit from same base year -> better to useone data source for GDP analysis

Imprtant to structure analysis

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How does the considered country fare in terms of human capital ?

Percentage of the relevant age group enrolled in the primary, secondary and higher education system?

Breakdown of the different indicators by gender: are there important differences?

Total expenditure on education/expenditure on education per child in school?

Number of teachers in the primary/secondary/higher education system? Student/teacher ratio?

Literacy rate of the population (by gender)?
Success rate in primary/secondary education?

Level of qualification of the population: % of labor force with primary/secondary/higher education? Gender differences? (see analyis of the labor market)

Qualification of the workforce? Age decomposition of the workforce?

Decomposition by gender/by education level?

Strong regional disparities?

Strong fluctuations through time (i.e. is unemployment strongly sensitive to the country’s position along the economic cycle?)?

Average length of unemployment duration for a given worker?

What are the characteristics of the education system: is there a high participation at the national level? Are there disparities in access to education between men and women?

What is the current skill level of the workforce? Does this possibly have an impact on the unemployment rate? Male/female employment rates?

What are the government’s current education policies? Is it a priority in terms of investment (% of GDP)?

What are the risks associated with the educational level of the population?

In other words, in what ways do existing institutions (or the lack of them) help/hinder the development of the country?

Are there independent institutions that monitor the use of resources by the political power?

Nature of the political regime: democracy/autocracy?

Labor market: Size of the informal sector? (a large informal sector can be a brake on development and a major factor of inequality)

Financial markets: are they sufficiently developed? (access to credit is necessary in order to develop private investment initiatives)

What is the current political system in place?

How corrupt are the institutions?

Does the current legal system adequately protect private investment?

Are potential rents from natural resource exploitation reinvested in the productive and educational sectors?

What is the degree of development/regulation of markets (labor, finance)?