SOC 300 – ASSIGNMENT 2: LENDING INSTITUTIONS, HEALTH CARE, AND HUMAN CAPITAL

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:

·

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

o

• Example:

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

• Lecture Format:

·

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

o

• Example:

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

• Internet Resources:

·

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

o

• Example:

Wuestewald,
Eric. (2014). Portraits of people living on a dollar a day. Retrieved
fromhttp://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.