Argumentative Essay

ATTN: This paper SHOULD argue for the position on the use of Public/Private partnerships (PPP'S) to Financing Infrastructure (Roads, Bridges, Hospitals, etc.)in another country.

Four articles have been provided to you to help with your research for the final project. You will need 4 additional resources for your final paper. In your final paper, you will argue for a position regarding the use of public-private partnerships to finance infrastructure in another country.

The assignment is to create a 10-12 page argument utilizing six selected peer-reviewed journal articles (not including the cover page and the reference page which are required on every paper you write). You should strive to produce an argumentative essay addressing the writing prompt.

Your papers should follow the guidelines below:

I. Introduction- Give background or perhaps an illustrative example to show the significance of the subject or the nature of the controversy. Consider stating the conclusion of your argument here as the thesis of your essay.

II. Refutation- Give a brief statement of a refutation of the opposing view(s) to make your reader aware that you have considered but rejected it (them) for good reasons. This refutation may be more appropriately placed last, just before your conclusion, or even interspersed at effective locations throughout the essay. You must choose the best location.

III. Presentation of your argument- Throughout the body of your essay you should build your case one point at a time, perhaps devoting one paragraph to the defense of each of your premises, or setting forth your evidence in separate, meaningful categories.

IV. Conclusion- After all your evidence has been presented and/or your premises defended, pull your whole argument together in the last paragraph by showing how the evidence you have presented provides sufficient grounds for accepting your conclusion. You may also add here some conventional device to finish your essay, such as a prediction, a new example, a reference to the example with which you began (now seen in a new light) etc.

The Writing Prompt:

You need to identify the public and private partnerships that you propose to solve the problem. You will need to include your assumptions of the risk factors and micro and macroeconomic factors that could affect the project being funded.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

If you are arguing for using a public/private partnership, you will need to address the reasons it is better than alternative methods of financing to solve the problem or achieve the goal.

Theses articles have been provided in the student resource center:

• Arezki, R., P. Bolton, S. Peters, F. Samama, and J. Stiglitz (2016). From global savings glut to financing infrastructure: The advent of investment platforms. IMF Working Paper WP/16/18, International Monetary Fund.

• Makovšek, D., &Moszoro, M. W. (2016). Risk Pricing Inefficiency in Public-Private Partnerships.

• Flaherty, M., Gevorkyan, A., Radpour, S., &Semmler, W. (2016). Financing Climate Policies Through Climate Bonds (No. 2016-03). Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School.

• Kadiri, D. S., Ojo, S. O., &Jagboro, G. O. (2015). Implications of Adopting Public Private Partnership for Infrastructure Development in Nigeria. Journal of Sustainable Development, 8(9), 169.