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ECON1010, 2019S2, Policy Brief Instructions
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ECON 1010 – Macroeconomics 1
Policy Brief Project (40 marks)
1. Overview
We have developed the analytical tools that economists use
when discussing policy options
and have discussed its likely impacts on the economy in theory.
In this assignment you take the role of the policy advisors,
employed by government
departments or big corporations (your clients are therefore the
government and its ministers
and big corporate organisations) to apply those skills and
expertise knowledge accumulated
in this course so far.

As an expert’s role in the government /corporation decision
making process, your task has
the following two objectives:
Analysis: Experts are responsible for analysing the economic
scenario (depicting the likely
impact of the policy on the economy), using the specialised
knowledge and the technical
expertise in the discipline.
Communication skills: Experts must communicate their finding
and recommendations
effectively to the decision-makers in government – ministers,
senior public servants – and
executives of corporations as an independent/third party
observer.
This assignment is designed to help you develop the skills of
critically interpreting and
analysing macroeconomic data and effectively communicating
your findings to the targeted
audience.

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There will be three parts to this assignment:
Part A: Diagnostics (macroeconomics data collection and
interpretations)
Task: You apply knowledge to the macroeconomics data and
present a diagnostic
analysis of the economy. Make important observations and
assess the current
situation of the economy; finally, identify if economy is ‘stable’
or showing
any signs of ‘economic downturn’ or any other problem.
Part B: Policy brief report
Task: Based on your ‘Diagnostics’ in Part A, you suggest the
‘Policy
Recommendations’. These recommendations must be backed by

proper
justification and rationale. As the last step, communicate
everything
(diagnostics, policy recommendations, justification/rationale)
effectively to
your client in the form of a policy brief. Policy briefs aim to be
practical and
well-researched to make it useful and worthwhile for your
clientele.
Part C: Micro-credential (Information Literacy)
Task: You are required to complete the micro-credential
(Information Literacy)
which will help enhance your skills in searching for, organising
and
interpreting information.
1. Submission
In principle, you need to form a group with a size of TWO(2)
students. All group
members must be enrolled in the same tutorials (a strict
requirement).

In the case that you would like to form a group with a student
from a different tutorial or you
like to submit as the individual work, you will need to seek
approval from the course
coordinator, explaining the valid reasons (please email to
[email protected])
Turnitin: As you upload your work to Canvas, note that it will
be automatically transferred
to the Turnitin1 website and screened for plagiarism.
See below for the university policy on academic plagiarism and
penalties;
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-
and-exams/academic-integrity
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benchmark for good submission is less than
50% of similarity. If the similarity report indicates over 50%,
we will investigate the presence of any
academic plagiarism on the submitted assignment. If there is a
severe offence, we will pose the
penalties following the university policy outlined above. So,
please check the similarity before you
submit the final version.2

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2. Grading
This assignment is worth of 40 marks. Grade allocations are
summarised in the following table: (see
rubric outlining marking criterion is provided on Canvas).

In the case of group submissions, the marks are equally
distributed (ie, marks for the group
will become each member’s marks). For this reason, we expect
the equal contributions of
each member of the group to this project. Please also note that
Part C for Micro-credential is
an individual task (and marked individually).
3. Formatting requirements:
Your assignment must be typed using Student template. The
system will reject any form of
the file other than Student template (Failing to meet this
requirement will automatically
mean zero marks for this task).
If you do not have a word processor installed in your home
computer, follow this link and
in “APPS” you can use a Microsoft word processor;
http://www1.rmit.edu.au/students/mydesktop
All sections of the assignment should be included in the same
document by following the
Student template. The report should have a professional
appearance, appropriate to a
government/corporation workplace. Format your assignment as
follows;

⚫ Use A4 sized paper with all margins at least 2.5cm
⚫ Body text to be 12pt and black (no minimum line spacing)
⚫ All pages to be numbered
⚫ DO NOT include a cover sheet or table of contents
⚫ Strictly follow the Student template.
⚫ Stick to the page number restriction instructed in the template
Mark allocation Awarded to
Part A 12 Individual /Group
Part B 26 Individual /Group
Total (Part A+B) 38
Part C - Micro credential 2 Individual
Total (Part A+B+C) 40
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Instructions
Part A: Diagnostics analysis
Task: You apply knowledge to the macroeconomics data and
present a diagnostic
analysis of the economy. This will form a basis of the Policy
Brief as
presented in Part B.
Required steps: You must complete the following steps in given
order to complete Part A.
1. Choose any (only one) country from the list of ten countries
in our region
given below:
Countries:
• Australia
• China
• India
• Indonesia

• Japan
• Malaysia,
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam
2. Choose any one group of indicators, A or B, from the
following two groups:
Indicator Groups:
A. Output measured as ‘GDP’ and Inflation measured by price
index (CPI
or GDP deflator)
B. Output measured as ‘GDP’ and Unemployment measured as
‘unemployment rate’.
3. Describe and interpret the most recent trends in the chosen
group of indicators.
Make observations on any structural change or discontinuity in
the trends and
based on that, comment on the overall state of the economy - if
the economy is

‘stable’ or showing any signs of ‘economic downturn’ or
‘economic upturn or
expansion’.
For this, take ‘yearly’ or ‘quarterly’ data. The time horizon for
the data series
can be maximum of five years or 20 quarters. Students can also
choose to have
data series of shorter or longer duration. However, data should
be long enough
for students to make useful inferences.
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Data sources: You may obtain the required data by searching
below (you must
cite which data source used);
https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats
https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/Publications.aspx?publication=A
nnual

https://data.worldbank.org
https://sdbs.adb.org/sdbs
https://www.imf.org/en/Data
https://data.oecd.org/
https://treasury.gov.au/statistical-data/
Alternatively, you can use any other online data sources you
find as long as it is properly
cited in your report (we will check the validity of the sources)
Please closely follow the template to complete this section
https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats
https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/Publications.aspx?publication=A
nnual
https://data.worldbank.org/
https://sdbs.adb.org/sdbs
https://www.imf.org/en/Data
https://data.oecd.org/
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Part B: Policy brief
Task: Based on your ‘Diagnostics’ in Part A, you are required
to suggest the
‘Policy Recommendations’. These recommendations must be
backed by
proper justification and rationale. Communicate everything
(diagnostics,
policy recommendations, justification/rationale) effectively to
your client in
the form of a policy brief. Policy briefs aim to be practical and
well-researched
to make it useful and worthwhile for your clientele.
A policy brief is quite different from essay or report writing.
Emphasis is placed on the clarity
and succinctness of the brief, which is essential in persuading
the target audience of your key
message. Policy briefs aim to be practical and well-researched
to make timely evidence-based
recommendations.
The purpose of this policy brief is to communicate your
diagnostic in Part A and the analytical

discussions in Part B by making the best policy recommendation
to the decision-maker. You
need to provide enough information for the decision-maker to
understand your
recommendations and to reach a decision on the matter at hand.
However, senior government
officials and corporate executives only have limited time, so
you must be brief and straight
to the point.
When writing a brief, it is important to remember that it is for a
non-expert audience. You
must avoid using specialised economic terminology and state
everything in plain English.
Hint: Draw on the evidence you have gathered from Part A as
much as you can. You can use
other information or evidence not covered there, but that you
believe is useful. In that case,
you need to cite the source correctly.
General Checklist:
Here are some general guidelines. A policy brief should:
✓ Have a clear and specific purpose or focus - a policy brief
should have a audience in

mind. This could be the person making the decision, an
advocacy group, or the media. It
is important to keep this audience in mind when evaluating what
information needs to
be included in the brief. What do they know about the issue
already? What new
information would provide insight to the issue? The brief should
be limited to one issue
or problem.
✓ Be practical and based on evidence - a policy brief aims to be
persuasive and a big part
of convincing the target audience of your key message is
supporting your ideas with
evidence. Evidence should be used to indicate that there is an
issue with existing policy
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and to make recommendations. A policy brief is a practical tool
that has real world
implications.

✓ Be accessible and succinct - a policy brief uses language that
is familiar to the target
audience in a clear and simple manner. It should also be logical
and be easy to follow.
The assumption should be made that the target audience does
not have time to read a lot
of text, so the brief should be formatted clearly with descriptive
headings.
✓ Include a list of references or acknowledged sources - this is
so information or statistics
can be found and followed up on, if necessary.
Some examples of a policy brief;
https://piie.com/research/publications/policy-briefs
https://devpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/publications/policy-briefs
Please closely follow the Student template to write up your
report.
https://piie.com/research/publications/policy-briefs
https://devpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/publications/policy-briefs

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Part C: Micro-credential on Information Literacy
You are required to:
➢ complete the Information Literacy micro-credential. A link is
available on the Canvas
site for this course.
➢ provide a screen capture of your badge completion screen and
a copy of the badge from
the Information Literacy micro-credential: Claiming Your
Badge and Copying The
URL For Submission. Pdf
➢ You need to submit a proof of the completion individually in
Canvas (note that there
will be a separate submission portal)
➢ Note that only 2 attempts are allowed and students must gain
a minimum of 80% to
pass the Micro-credential.

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Fund Development and Diversification
Speakers:
Capital Venture – Linda Lysakowski
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans – Kristina Hunken
Kristina Hunken, NCHV
- Welcome
- Introduction of Linda Lysakowski
Linda Lysakowski, Capital Venture
- Why Plan? Where do you want to go?

- Strategic plan: where is organization heading?
- Set realistic goals: reasonable to raise $10,000? $10
million?
- Keep from getting sidetracked
- Having too many ideas for fundraising
- “Event fever”: placing drain on staff by doing too many
fundraising events
- Written plan keeps organization from getting sidetracked
- Measure success: use timelines; what fundraising events are
successful; what works and does not work
Basic Elements of Development Plan
- Goals (ex: raising awareness in community)
- Objectives (ex: develop/upgrade website by certain date)

- Objectives should be SMART: specific, measurable,
achievable, realistic, timely
- Strategies
- Action steps
- Who is going to do it?
- How much will it cost/raise?
- When is it going to be done?
Areas of Focus
- Communications: how does organization communicate with
donors?
- Donor Relations: relationships with donors when they aren’t
donating
- Research

- Fundraising Programs
- Constituencies
- Technology and Infrastructure
- Human Resources: who is going to do fundraising? Staff,
volunteers, board members?
Who Should be Involved in Planning Process
- Development Staff
- Non-Development Staff
- Board
- Development Committee
- Consultants: offer expertise, objective viewpoint

Assessing Current Development Programs
- SWOT Analysis: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities,
Threats
- Strength: volunteers for implementation of program
- Weakness: no volunteers, weak Board
- Opportunity: new business in community, possible donor
- Threat: economy, major funder goes out of business
- Budget: is there a budget for fundraising?
- Development Audit
- Philanthropic Profile Assessment: important to understand
philanthropy before beginning fundraising; pinpoint
organization’s strengths and weaknesses
The Process

- Determining who will be involved
- Gathering Information
- Planning Meetings
- Setting Goals and Objectives
- Determining Strategy
- Assigning Budgets, timelines and areas of responsibility
Basic Development Infrastructure
Technology
- Donor Software
- Personalized appeals
- Accurate recording and reporting
- Donor history: track relationship with donor

- Donor preferences: contact by phone, letter, etc.
- Acknowledgment: thank donor within 24 hours of donation
receipt
- Specialized functions
Policies and Procedures
- Gift Acceptance Policies: outline what kind of gifts to
accept, who to accept gifts from, how gifts will be used
- Donor Software
- Office Procedures: who accepts gifts, when they will be
deposited
Case for Support
- Mission/Vision
- History
- Plans

- Compelling Reason to Give: emotional and rational case
The Integrated Development Program
- Have several sources of funding; diversify funding streams;
different types of fundraising activities
Donor Pyramid
- Start at bottom of pyramid: create awareness in community
through special events, publications, and public relations
- Goal is to turn continued and renewing donors into lifelong
donors
- Cultivation and relationship building leads to top of
pyramid: ultimate gift of bequests, planned gifts
Creating Awareness
- Public Relations

- PSAs and Press Releases: local television stations, radio,
newspapers to create visibility in community
- Communications: maintain relationships when donors are
not donating through giving updates, newsletters; donors want
to know how their money is being used
- Promotion Ideas
- Website: have info about how to donate/support organization
posted clearly on website
- Cultivation Events: bring people into organization; tour of
program in action; testimonials; asking for community members
to give advice/opinions often leads to donations
- Special Events
- Fund Raising or Friend Raising?
- Committees: having volunteer committee creates access to
different networks
- Staff Role: help with coordination

- Timelines: take year to plan event
- Budgets: set aside seed money to run event
- Setting Goals
The Annual Fund
- Grants
- Direct Mail: most expensive; best way to reach large
audience
- Acquisition
- Have a Plan
- Your Direct Mail Package
- Strategies for Renewal & Upgrading
- Telephone Solicitation: use volunteers or professional firm;
more successful if calling people who have given support in the

past; send pre-call letter
- Personal Solicitation: determine how much will be asked
for; 95/5 rule (95% of donated funds comes from top 5% of
donor base); businesses prefer to be solicited in person rather
than direct mail
- Capital Campaign: conduct feasibility study; coordinate with
development staff
- Planned Giving: how will it fit into overall development
program?
- Board Involvement
- Commitment to Fundraising
- 100% Giving
- Asking Others to Give
Getting Started

- Set three to five goals for your development plan (ex:
raising awareness in community, Board fundraising
commitment)
- What are some specific objectives that could be used to
reach these goals
- Discuss some strategies to each these goals and objectives
Implementing and Evaluating the Plan
- Taking Ownership: assign individual to be responsible for
implementing plan
- What Happens When It Falls Apart
- Measuring Success
- Reporting Success
Remember

- The plan isn’t written in stone, but neither should it be
written in disappearing ink!
- Do not be too rigid or too casual about development plan
Question and Answer Session
Closing
Kristina Hunken, NCHV
- Thank you
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1.SWOT Analysis Information1
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A SWOT Analysis is one analysis technique that could be
leveraged to identify strategic improvement opportunities. The
analysis technique involves identifying the internal and external

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Experience and Past Performance of the Management Team
Collaborative “attitude” of all Stakeholders
Senior Management Sponsorship
Justifiability of Needs and Expected Improvements
“Realism” of Anticipated (preliminary projections / estimates):
i. Costs
ii. Schedules
iii. Vendor Qualifications
iv. Technological MaturityEXTERNAL Opportunities / Threats
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Congressional Oversight Implications
“Visibility”
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Develop a Statement of Objective or Description of an End
State e.g. “An organization capable of IT portfolio
management” or “An organization capable of attracting, hiring,
and retaining a premier workforce.”
List and weight:
1. Strengths: attributes of the organization/segment that are
helpful to achieving the objective.
Weaknesses: attributes of the organization/segment that are
harmful to achieving the objective.
Strengths and Weaknesses are internal value creating (or
destroying) factors/business drivers such as assets, skills or
resources a company has at its disposal. They can be measured
using internal assessments or external benchmarking.
i. Opportunities: external conditions that are helpful to
achieving the objective.
ii. Threats: external conditions that are harmful to achieving the
objective. Opportunities and Threats are external value creating
(or destroying) factors an organization cannot control, but
emerge from either the competitive dynamics of the

industry/market or from demographic, economic, political,
technical, social, legal or cultural factors.
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1. How can we Use each Strength?
How can we Stop each Weakness?
How can we Exploit each Opportunity?
How can we Defend/Destroy against each Threat?
Develop a strategy to reach the objective – The strategy should
contain ACTIVE verbs describing actions proposed to mitigate
risks and leverage opportunities. They should describe specific
activities, roles & responsibilities, triggers for strategy
implementation, and intended outcomes of each strategy.
Guidance: Make it about reaching the objective, rather than
about lists. Sample SWOT Template
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OpportunitiesThreats
Strengths
destroying) factors such as assets, skills or resources a
company has at its disposal relatively to its competitors. They

can be measured using internal assessments or
external benchmarking.
Opportunities and Threats are external value creating (or
destroying) factors a company cannot control, but emerge
from either the competitive dynamics of the industry/market or
from demographic, economic, political, technical,
social, legal or cultural factors.
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Weaknesses
Opportunities
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destroying) factors such as assets, skills or resources a company
has at its disposal relatively to its competitors. They can be
measured using internal assessments or external benchmarking.
Opportunities and Threats are external value creating (or
destroying) factors a company cannot control, but emerge from
either the competitive dynamics of the industry/market or from
demographic, economic, political, technical, social, legal or
cultural factors.
Business Driver
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ECON1010, 2019S2, Policy Brief ‘Student template’
ECON 1010 – Macroeconomics 1
Policy Brief ‘Student template’
(strictly follow this template and use this template only for
submission)
You must compose the policy brief according to the template
detailed in this section. Instructions for each required element
of the brief are included within this template These instructions
are reflected in the requirements of the rubric detailed. Ensure
that the policy brief includes each of the elements detailed in
the template and that you do not reorder, rename, or omit any of
these elements.
By signing below, you agree to the RMIT university’s student
declaration

In principle, you need to form a group with a size of TWO(2)
students. All group members must be enrolled in the same
tutorials (a strict requirement).
In the event that you would like to form a group with a student
from a different tutorial or you like to submit as the individual
work, you will need to seek approval from the course
coordinator explaining the valid reasons (please email to
[email protected])
Student name
Student number
Tutorial Date/Time
Signature (take a picture of a signature and paste here)
Only one submission per group

Please indicate using * in student name who will be submitting
the assignment in Turnitin (in Canvas) on the group’s behalf.
Template
Part A: Diagnostics Analysis
In Part A, the overall page length cannot exceed two pages
Read ‘Policy Brief Instructions’. Note each group has two
indicators. You must present and analyze each indicator from
the chosen group of indicators.
Attach one Table/Figure for each indicator
Make sure that each figure/table has readable labels indicating
the unit of observations and variables (e.g., the large enough
font to read)
Name of country: XXXXXXXX
Indicator 1 from Group A (or B): XXXXXXXXXX
Presentation
(2 marks)
Attach one Table/Figure here

Comments and observations (Maximum 7 lines)
(4 marks)
Indicator 2 from the same Group A (or B): XXXXXXXXXX
Presentation
(2 marks)
Attach one Table/Figure here
Comments and observations (Maximum 7 lines)
(4 marks)

Max. of two pages for Part A (anything more than 2 pages will
not be assessed)
End of Part A
Part B: Policy Brief
In Part B, the overall page length cannot exceed three pages
For the best possible grade, it is necessary to follow the
instruction closely. Any deviations will result in marks taken
away.
Assignments are graded against marking criteria that
incorporate the requirements set out in the ‘Policy Brief
Instructions’. Failing to appropriately include all the
requirements outlined in the instructions typically precludes the
awarding of top marks.
Briefing for the (insert decision-makers’ title here. It can be a
prime minister!)
Subject: Include a brief but descriptive subject line. (Max
length 1 line). (1 mark)

Guide: The subject is the ‘title of your policy brief’.
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Executive summary
(3 marks)
Write an executive summary of the policy brief. Your core
message should consist of three sentences. The first one
provides a summary of the scenario and what you found in Part
A. The second sentence summarizes the key rationale for your
recommendation. The final sentence summarizes your policy
recommendation. Maximum length of 5 lines.
Guide: The statements in this part should stand on their own.
Provide specific information and avoid generalities. The reader
of your brief should be able to understand the core message
without referring to the background information or the rest of
the brief.
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Recommendations
(3 marks)
Provide minimum 2 to maximum 4 recommendations with
maximum of five lines are permitted for this section.
Guide: Each recommendation should be stated as a clear course
of action for the government /organization to pursue. Be precise
with your recommendation and the likely impact on the
economy but be concise. Avoid generalities and ambiguous
statements. Do not explain or seek to justify your
recommendation in this section. Do not describe the
consequence of your policy recommendation. Do not state
conditions or caveats for your recommendation.
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Economic rationale
(15 marks)
Begin this section with a short outline of the context for the
brief, the summary of the problem identified in Part A, and any
other issues that you think useful.
Guide: This should set the scene for the reader and should
provide the reader with sufficient background information to

understand the purpose of the brief.
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Use the remainder of this section to present economic
justifications and the rationale behind your recommendation(s).
In your discussion, you should;
· highlight any trade-offs entailed in your recommendation(s)
· raise any additional issues if implemented.
· point out the feasibility of the policy implementation (your
recommendation(s) need to be realistic)
You can discuss the economics rationale for all your
recommendations together or separately for each
recommendation. It should be decided by the students as in what
format they can present their argument effectively.
In the end, narratives should form a logical argument supporting
your policy recommendation.
Guide: Incorporate all information required to support your
recommendation in this section, regardless of whether or not the
same information has been included elsewhere in the brief. Do
not assert facts that are unsupported by either the narrative or
the diagnostics conducted in section A.

NOTE: Remaining 4 marks come from the literary presentation
of the report (See Rubrics for details)
Max. page is 3 pages for Part B (anything more than 3 pages
will not be assessed, but you may attach a one-page of reference
list after the 3-page limit)
End of Part B
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