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# Evaluate factors that influence a country’s international competitiveness
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- Author: Jaisul Naik
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### Edexcel International A-Level Economics Unit 4 June 2022

In 2020 New Zealand’s productivity rate was 40% lower than the average productivity of many other advanced economies. **Evaluate factors that influence a country’s international competitiveness.** Refer to a developed country of your choice in your answer. (June 2022)

**Plan**

- **Paragraph 1**
  - **Argument: one factor that could influence competitiveness is the exchange rate**
  - **Diagram: exchange rates diagram**
  - **Evaluation: in a floating exchange rate, exchange rates fluctuate a lot**
- **Paragraph 2**
  - **Argument: another factor that could influence competitiveness is productivity**
  - **Diagram: LRAS shifting right**
  - **Evaluation: time lags and opportunity cost of supply-side policies**

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