Students will do a Country Report addressing a development issue. Due on November 4th. Should
have at least four parts: 1. Historical background, descriptive economic statistics and trends. 2. Description of human development index, population growth, education, health, poverty and inequality. 3. Focus on a development relevant issue: health, microfinance, foreign aid, inequality, education, corruption, access to land, etc. Should include a literature review on the topic. 4. Discussion of possible intervention policy. Students should discuss a possible intervention describing how it would address the problem in consideration. It should also describe how the effectiveness of the intervention should be measured. Requirements: minimum of 8 pages double space. At least five references from peer reviewed journals, NGOs, think tanks, and well recognized institutions. You can use additional references. Cannot use any of the case studies discussed in class.
