Reference no: EM132920114

Choose ONE developed country and ONE developing country to compare to Canada. Research at least 5 of the following statistics in order to compare the three countries:

• Human Development Index rank
• Per capita income (GNI per capita)
• Population who earn below $2.00 per day
• GDP
• Health (% expenditure of GDP)
• Adult literacy rate
• Birth rate
• Death rate
• Infant Mortality rate
• Maternal Mortality rate/100,000
• Life expectancy at birth
• Education (expected years of schooling)
• Share of seats in parliament (% of women)
• Employment (Unemployment rate - % 15+)
• Child Labour (% ages 5-14)
• Human Security (Prison population rate per 100,000)
• Homicide rate per 100,000
• Mobility and communication (Internet users %)
• Demography (urban % of population).

The following resources will help you as you complete the task:

• United Nations Human Development Reports
• National Geographic's A Developing World
• The CIA World Factbook

Organize your comparison statistics in a table, and determine the conclusions you can draw from analyzing the statistics. What can you observe about the differences between the three countries you compared?

Be sure to say why you think these differences exist. Explain one positive and one negative effect on potential business that could result from these differences.