Assignment 2:
Lending Institutions, Health Care, and Human Capital (200 pts)

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Week 9 Assignment 2 Submission

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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
and lectures 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,
   blogs, and other nonacademic websites do not qualify as academic
   resources. Approval of resources is at the instructor’s discretion.
   Resources must also be within the last seven (7) years.

When referencing the selected resources, please use the following
format:

• Webtext Format:

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• Name of the
  author. Name of title. Retrieved from website url.

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• Example:

Soomo. Understanding Development [Webtext]. Retrieved from http://www.webtexts.com/courses/9218-cathey.

• Lecture Format:

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• Name of the
  Author. Name of the lecture [lecture type]. Retrieved from lecture url.

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• Example:

Strayer University. (2013). Understanding Development [PowerPoint
slides]. Retrieved from /bbcswebdav/institution/SOC/300/1136/Week1/lecture/story.html.

• Internet
  Resources:

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• Author’s Name.
  (Date of publication). Title
  of the resource. Retrieved from website url.

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• Example:

Wuestewald, Eric. (2014). Portraits
of people living on a dollar a day. Retrieved from http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2014/04/living-on-a-dollar-a-day-photos-renee-byer-thomas-nazario.

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.