ECON2560 (Globalization and Development): Assessment Criteria and Standards – Country Paper- Semester 2, 2023
This task accounts for 45% of the total course assessment (Marks out of 100)
ONE Outstanding - Excellent (15-14) Very good - Good (13-11) Meets Expectations (10-8) Below Expectations (<8)
Introduction,
background,
and socio-
economic
trends (15%):
495-505 words
• Clearly positions the country in
global and regional contexts.
• Demonstrates focus and purpose
and engages the reader
extremely well.
• Refers to quality and recent
literature and evidence.
• Positions the country in
global and regional
contexts.
• Demonstrates focus and
purpose and engages the
reader well.
• Refers to mostly quality and
recent literature and
evidence.
• Positions the country in global and
regional contexts somewhat.
• Demonstrates focus and purpose to
some extent and engages the reader
somewhat.
• Reference to some quality literature
and evidence. Inclusion of further
quality literature would enhance the
paper.
• Does not properly position the
country in global and regional
contexts.
• Lacks focus and purpose and does
not engage the reader well.
• Little reference to quality and recent
literature and evidence.
Mark Awarded
TWO Outstanding - Excellent (20-17) Very good - Good (16-15) Meets Expectations (14-10) Below Expectations (<10)
Relevance to
the growth
and
development
theory (20%):
695-705 words
• Well-written, structured, and
logically coherent
• Establishes the relevance of
theoretical underpinnings.
• References embody quality,
historical significance, recency,
and contextual relevance.
• Well-written, structured, and
logically coherent
• Establishes somewhat the
relevance of theoretical
underpinnings.
• Most references embody
quality, historical
significance, recency, and
contextual relevance.
• Not consistently well-written,
structured, or logically coherent
• Establishes somewhat the relevance of
theoretical underpinnings.
• Fewer references embody quality,
historical significance, recency, and
contextual relevance.
• Lacks a clear structure and logical
coherence.
• Does not clearly establish the relevance
of theoretical underpinnings.
• References mostly lack quality,
historical significance, recency, and
contextual relevance.
Mark Awarded
2
THREE Outstanding - Excellent (25-22) Very good - Good (21-19) Meets Expectations (18-13) Below Expectations (<13)
Development
process
including
strategies, and
policies (25%):
745-755 words
• Provides a detailed and clear
analysis of the trajectory of
strategies and policies.
• Demonstrates a strong capacity
to critically evaluate the
country's capability to respond to
the changing global economic
landscape.
• Demonstrates a strong skill in
assessing outcomes of strategies
and policies precisely and
succinctly.
• Provides a satisfactory
analysis of the trajectory of
strategies and policies.
• Demonstrates capacity to
critically evaluate the
country's capability to
respond to the changing
global economic landscape.
• Demonstrates some skill in
assessing outcomes of
strategies and policies well
• Provides an overview of the trajectory
of strategies and policies while
somewhat lacking in depth.
• Demonstrates some capacity to
critically evaluate the country's
capability to respond to the changing
global economic landscape.
• Demonstrates some skill in assessing
outcomes of strategies and policies
well
• Provides a limited overview of the
trajectory of strategies and policies
while lacking in depth.
• Demonstrates limited capacity to
critically evaluate the country's
capability to respond to the changing
global economic landscape.
• Demonstrates limited skill in assessing
outcomes of strategies and policies
well
Mark Awarded
FOUR Outstanding - Excellent (25-22) Very good - Good (21-19) Meets Expectations (18-13) Below Expectations (<13)
Covid-19
pandemic and
Russia-Ukraine
War (25%):
745-755 words
• Comprehensively portrays the
socio-economic impact of Covid-
19 and the Russia-Ukraine war.
• Provides a comprehensive and
insightful evaluation of the
country’s resilience to these
shocks.
• Clearly situates the country’s
performance in addressing these
shocks in the global and regional
contexts succinctly and precisely.
• Provides a clear portrayal of
the socio-economic impact of
Covid-19 and the Russia-
Ukraine war.
• Provides a critical analysis of
the country’s resilience to
these shocks.
• Places the country’s
performance in addressing
these shocks in the global
and regional contexts well.

• Provides a mostly clear portrayal of the
socio-economic impact of Covid-19 and
the Russia-Ukraine war.
• Provides some insights into the
country’s resilience to these shocks.
• Places the country’s performance in
addressing these shocks in the global
and regional context but not
consistently well.
• Provides a partial portrayal of the socio-
economic impact of Covid-19 and the
Russia-Ukraine war.
• Provides a limited evaluation of the
country’s resilience to these shocks.
This has resulted in a more descriptive
report, rather than a critical
evaluation.
• Places the country’s performance in
addressing these shocks in the global
and regional context in patches
Mark Awarded
3
FIVE Outstanding - Excellent (25-22) Very good - Good (21-19) Meets Expectations (18-13) Below Expectations (<13)
Conclusions
and
Implications
(10%): 295-305
words
• Provides insightful, realistic, and
convincing conclusions and
implications.
• Clearly conveys the central
message with a clear connection
to your evaluation.
• Engages the reader extremely
well
• Provides relevant
conclusions and
implications.
• Conveys the central
message with a mostly clear
connection to the
evaluation.
• Engages the reader very
well.
• Provides some relevant conclusions
and implications.
• Conveys the central message with
some connection to the evaluation.
• Engages the reader generally well.
• Provides limited conclusions and
implications.
• Does not convey the central message
well and has little with little connection
to the evaluation.
• Does not engage the reader well
Mark Awarded
SIX Outstanding - Excellent (5-4) Good (3) Below average (2) Poor (1)
Format and
Presentation
(5%)
• The paper is clearly well-
organized and well-structured.
• Correct grammar and spelling are
used throughout, with no errors.
• In-text referencing and the
reference list are extensive and
accurate.
• Both a professional presentation
and engaging for the reader.
• The paper follows the
structural requirements of
the task.
• Correct grammar and
spelling are used
throughout, with the
occasional minor error.
• In-text referencing and the
reference list are consistent
with only a few minor
errors.
• Presented professionally.
Somewhat engages the
reader
• The paper organizes content
reasonably well, but it could be better
structured in places.
• Mostly appropriate grammar and
spelling is used with several minor
errors.
• The reference list is somewhat
accurate and usually aligns with the in-
text referencing.
• Not well presented, attention to
formatting would improve the
presentation, and does not engage the
reader
• The paper does not follow the
structural requirements of the
task and has several errors.
• Grammar and spelling are
consistently incorrect with several
minor and/or major errors.
• The reference list does not align
sufficiently with the in-text
referencing.
• The presentation lacks attention
to detail and consistency in
formatting, and does not engage
the reader
Mark Awarded