Assignment 2: Lending Institutions, Health Care, and Human Capital

Due Week 9 and worth 200 points

Use the Internet to research one (1) developing nation of your choice. Your research should include an

examination of lending institutions, health care, and human capital, as well as the material covered by the

Webtext in Weeks 6 through 9.

Write a three to four (3-4) page research paper in which you:

1. Explore whether or not funding from international lending institutions like the World Bank and the

IMF are helping or hindering the social, economic, or political development of the country that you

have selected. Support your response with examples.

2. Discuss, with examples, at least four (4) substantive ways in which a healthy population

strengthens the economy of the country that you have selected.

3. Ascertain the degree to which the leadership of your chosen country has used foreign aid to

improve its health care system. Support your response with concrete examples.

4. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other

Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all

sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your

professor for any additional instructions.

• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s

name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in

the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Determine how human capital is used and what effect gender disparity has on these decisions.

• Determine what role health plays in developing economies.

• Examine the role that the International Monetary Fund and World Bank play in transfers and the

conditions they set to effect this funding.

• Use technology and information resources to research issues in sociology of developing

countries.

• Write clearly and concisely about sociology of developing countries using proper writing

mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and

language and writing skills, using the following rubric