Research proposal contain:
Title Page (All successive preliminary pages are numbered consecutively)
▪ Table of Contents
▪ List of Tables and Figures
▪ Abstract
▪ Chapter 1: Introduction
▪ Background of the Study
▪ Aim and Objectives
▪ Hypothesis (if needed)
▪ Significance of the Study
▪ Definition of Terms
▪ Chapter 2: Literature Review
▪ Related Studies (Literature MUST be comprehensive, relevant, and updated; five- year span to present; critize each study, analyze the concepts, and synthesize the results and discussion; towards the end of the review, identify the research gap and issues.)
▪ Chapter 3: Methods (This can be modified depend on the type of the study)
▪ Research Design (What design, and why you choose this design for your study?)
▪ Sample of the Study a. Sampling design (include sampling methodology) b. Sample size c. Inclusion and exclusion criteria
▪ Data Collection
▪ Data Analysis
▪ Ethical Consideration
▪ References
countries. ‘Free trade area covers all manufactured and agricultural products, although the timetables for reducing tariffs and removing quantitative restrictions and other non-tariff barriers differ, (Association of South Asian Nations, 2009 update on free trade). Due to entry of various industries in the market, infrastructures are improved in collaboration of state’s government and the industries for their market accessibility. Improvement of infrastructures such as roads, railways, communication, electricity, and social amenities by these industries serves as a gateway to developments in these countries. Increased developments results to increase in investments and thus a country realize its development goals of. Although a country does not benefit directly through revenues from tariffs and taxes, the industries help it to meet its development goals. , its development vision is addressed. Improvements of infrastructure such as transport, electricity and social amenities results to improvement of investment capacities of regions and countries, which in turn contribute to economic growth (Jovanovic??, 2013 p. 971). Policies that lift barriers on export and imports by lowering or elimination tariffs and duties encourage export and import of both goods and services to across the region. Developing countries are able to gain revenues from exports while imports supply them with necessary services and goods that are important in steering economic development. For example the European Economic Community elimination of import and export tariffs for its member states encouraged free movement of goods and services across the region in a common market (Bento, 2009 p. 73). Therefore, free trade has contributed greatly to development of small nations through improved trade that encourages export of goods and services without barriers.
Trade liberalization has increased countries integrations and as a result aid to trade inflow to developing countries in terms of technologies and capital has been increased. This has led to strong economic growth, which has been reflected by the increasing gross domestic product and exports for developing countries in East Asia, Africa and Latin America. For example, most of Latin America middle income level countries have integrated with developed countries such as china resulting to improvements of their financial system and consecutive developments (Chen, & Emile, 2013 p. 118). Consequently, technology transfer has led to shift to manufacturing industries, which has attracted investors to the countries. Technology has resulted to increase of improved productivity through lowered cost of production by lowering the cost of labour and increasing relative labour productivity. According to comparative advantage theory by Ricardo, a ‘country should concentrate on production of goods that is best suited at lowered cost in order to improve productivity and economy through export to a second country that is not good in production’ (Bento, 2009 p. 28). Developing countries have been able to achieve improved productivity and specialization through adoption of technologies that have been introduced in their countries by other developed countries through trade liberalization. For example, India h