Country Matrix Inclusive Development

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1	Committee: Group of Twenty
2	Officer: Kiah Champion
3	Position	Description of Position	Country	Key Country Position Information	Inclusive Development Index	5 Year Trend of Inclusive Development Index %
4	Advancing Inclusivity	These nations have received ratings that are advancing or slowly advancing from the World Economic Forum's 2018 Inclusive Development Index.	United States	The United States ranks 23rd among 30 advanced economies. Despite having a slowly advancing Inclusive Development Index, the United States has the highest levels of income inequality among advanced economies. The nation does have a positive trend of GDP per capita, labor productivity, and employment. Nonetheless, The United States needs to address issues, such as healthcare, education, and economic opportunity.	4.6	1.62
5			China	China ranks 26th among 74 emerging economies. China performs well in employment, with over two-thirds of the population employed. However, wealth inequality in China has increased 10% since 2012 from and already high level.	4.09	2.94
6			Germany	Germany ranks 12th among 30 advanced economies. Germany has had significant falls in public debt and performs well in Intergenerational Equity and Sustainability. However, Germany has one of the highest levels of wealth inequality among high-income countries.	5.27	1.72
7			India	India ranks 62nd among 74 emerging economies. India benefits from having an extremely young population which results in a low dependency ratio. Although poverty is declining in India, it is still a major issue which must be addresses, as 6 out of 10 Indians still live on less than $3.20 per day.	3.09	2.29
8			Indonesia	Indonesia ranks 36th among 74 emerging economies. Indonesia has a decreasing trend of poverty an has been able to reduce poverty from 50% of the population in 2012 to 33% of the population today. However, Indonesia struggles with high levels of wealth concentration.	3.95	2.57
9			South Africa	South Africa ranks 69th among 74 emerging economies. While South Africa has higher productivity than the average emerging country, the nation needs to work on providing better employment opportunities to a larger share of its population. South Africa must work to improve low employment levels, subpar health conditions, and high inequality.	2.94	2.49
10			South Korea	South Korea ranks 16th among 30 advanced economies. Korea struggles with a relatively weak labor productivity which has led to a low median income level. In a more positive light, Korea boast the lowest dependency ratio of all advanced economies and one of the highest adjusted net savings rates.	5.09	2.2
11			Turkey	Turkey ranks 16th among 74 emerging economies. Turkey has an increasing trend in terms of its GDP per capita. However, employment in Turkey has declined to 45%, meaning that more than half of the population is unemployed. Additionally, wealth inequality remains high and must be addressed.	4.26	2.48
12	Stable Inclusivity	These nations have received ratings that are stable from the World Economic Forum's 2018 Inclusive Development Index.	United Kingdom	The United Kingdom ranks 21st among 30 advanced economies. Data indicates that India is behind its peers on many factors of inclusive growth, such as GDP per capita and labor productivity. India also has high levels of wealth inequality which has been increasing over the past 5 years.	4.89	0.42
13			Argentina	Argentina ranks 23rd among 74 emerging economies. Argentina has relatively low amounts of income and wealth inequality. However, the net income and wealth in Argentina has dropped around 5% and 10% of the past 5 years.	4.13	0.93
14			Australia	Australia is categorized as an advanced economy by the World Economic Forum and ranks 9th amongst 30 advanced economies. Australia performs well in Growth and Development with the 7th highest income and 61% of the population employed. However, data suggests that income and wealth inequality has been worsening in Australia since 2012 and is one area which needs significant improvement.	5.36	0.46
15			Canada	Canada is categorized as an advanced economy by the World Economic Forum and ranks 17th among 30 advanced economies. Canada ranks well in Growth and Development, but needs improvement regarding Inclusion and Intergenerational Equity and Sustainability. Specific groups which need to be addressed single-parent households, indigenous populations, newly arrived immigrants, and refugees.	5.06	0.29
16			Japan	Japan ranks 24th among 30 advanced economies. Japan ranks well when it comes to levels of wealth concentration. However, Japan does not perform well in labor productivity and the employment rate, resulting from an aging population and weak participation of women in the labor force.	4.53	1.14
17			Mexico	Mexico ranks 24th among 74 emerging economies. Compared to other Latin American nations, Mexico has high levels of labor productivity. However, Mexico struggles with economic disparities and the outcome of negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will have major impacts on growth and development.	4.12	0.66
18			Russia	Russia is ranked 19th of 74 emerging economies. Most citizens in Russia have decent living conditions and the poverty rate is only 0.3%. However, wealth is concentrated and there are relatively high levels of income inequality.	4.2	0.48
19			European Union	The European Union has specific policies and programs in place to promote development, such has funding member nations to invest in areas like childcare, healthcare, training, accessible infrastructure, help with finding a job, and reforming social security systems. Mainly, the European Union needs to work on decreasing unemployment rates, as employment rates have been impacted by the global economic crisis, and turbulence in the eurozone.	Not Available	Not Available
20	Receding Inclusivity	These nations have received ratings that are receding or slowly receding from the World Economic Forum's 2018 Inclusive Development Index.	Brazil	Brazil ranks 37th among 74 emerging economies. Median household income levels in Brazil have been improving. However, GDP per capita growth, labor productivity, and employment rates indicate a negative trend. Brazil must also work to address its high levels of wealth concentration which is among the highest of all emerging economies.	3.93	-3.26
21			France	France is categorized ranks 18th among 30 advanced economies. France ranks well when it comes to labor productivity and a low poverty rate. However, France needs to work on improving their high public debt and low unemployment rate.	5.05	-0.55
22			Italy	Italy ranks 27th among 30 advanced economies. Italy's Inclusive Development Index is declining and must address their aging population and a high unemployment rate amongst the younger population.	4.31	-1.69
23			Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia has a trend of decreasing industrial production growth of -0.3%. The Gini Coefficient, which measures wealth distribution, is 45.9 on a scale of 100 in Saudi Arabia. This indicates that the country struggles with large amounts of wealth inequality which should be addressed when discussing inclusive development.	Not Available	Not Available
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