I would like you to pick a particular POOR country and do (Some Of!) the following: {Note that the LAST reported "Atlas" income must be below $5,000 - you can find that income data from a link in e-class - World Bank GNI per capita} 1. Provide the basic facts about the country. Location, population, primary crops, industries, level of income, the distribution of income and perhaps wealth, climate, and finances (budget deficit/surplus, current account deficit/surplus). What has happened to PPP-adjusted per-capita income since 2003? 2. Describe briefly its political history (independence, wars, dominant political parties, dominant political/economic "elites"? democracy or authoritarian rule, was there a land reform?). 3. Describe briefly its economic history (past growth, major positive or negative periods and events, export successes/failures, outward looking or primarily closed, share of trade in GDP, currency issues, possibly major projects (e.g. Aswan Dam in Egypt). 4. Provide additional details as to the current state of the country, its challenges, what is being attempted to induce growth, which outside countries are most involved with it, its debt situation, current government, etc. 5. If the country has been fairly successful (lately), to what do you attribute that? Conversely, if it has had little or no growth, what are the reasons for that? 6. What actions and policies would you recommend to the government of the country, and why? for DRC congo