how to measure countries economics

1. *How to Evaluate Countries
Economics
By
Dr. Amr Feteha
Lecture of
public
economics –
faculty of
commerce
Alexandria
university
&
Dr. Mohamed
Osman
Lecture of
public
economics –
faculty of
commerce
Alexandria
university

3. To get information
about economy
You have 3 choices:

4. *

7. In the past
economists used to use these
indicators

8. *GDP (current US$)

9. *GDP growth (annual %)

10. *
Exports of goods and services (BoP,
current US$)

11. *Total reserves (includes gold,
current US$)

12. *(EGX30)

13. But in fact all of this
indicators despite being good
it doesn’t mean the economy
is good

14. *Gross savings (% of GDP)

15. *GDP per capita (current US$)

16. *Imports of goods and
services (current LCU)

17. External debt stocks, total
(DOD, current US$)

18. *Inflation, consumer prices
(annual %)

19. Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty
lines (% of population)

20. *To evaluate economic
*ask your self first
*why do you need to evaluate the
economy?
There are some reasons it represent in:

25. *All of these reasons have a
common motives drive us
towards using pack of indicators
:
:related about

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