Assignment 2

Geographies of Development

  1. Ask a generative AI model to give you five countries at random from various regions around the world. State your five in a bulleted list. E.g.,
  • <Country 1>
  • <Country 2>
  • <Country 3>
  • <Country 4>
  • <Country 5>
  1. Pick three indicators that you are interested in: an economic indicator, a sociodemographic indicator, and an environmental indicator. State each that in a bulleted list:
  • Economic indicator: <Indicator 1>
  • Sociodemographic indicator: <Indicator 2>
  • Environmental indicator: <Indicator 3>
  1. Using Our World in Data, you will create one chart for each indicator that contains data for all five countries. You can search for indicators in the top level search bar and then click on “Data Explorers.” From there, add your countries on the left pane. Download a .png of a chart (rather than a map or table) for each. It should look similar to what you see below:
  1. For your data, what is the general arrangement of countries by each of the three indicators? Are there any differences as you switch indicators? Does anything surprise you? Are there any outliers or extreme changes over time?