Economic Development Project

The student will chose a country and a MDG goal and write a 25 page (single spaced) evaluation of the countries efforts and progress in meeting this goal.  Projects will be modeled after a profession report (color graphs, bound, table of contents ect).

Model Outline for Project:

1. Country (Haiti) and the 3 benchmark countries from africa

Brief description of country (1/2 page)

History of Country (1/2 page)

2. MDG

Why important? (1/2 page)

Important variables associated with MDG (what you need to measure). (1/2 page)

MDG thru IHD lens (2 pages)

3. Bench Mark Countries (1 page)

4. Trends in the MDG (2 pages, mostly graphs)

5. Internal Barriers to reaching MDG (2 pages)

6. External Barriers to reaching MDG (2 pages)

7. Government policy to promote development in general (2 pages)

Include IHD lens.

8. Government policy to reach MDG (2 pages)

Include IHD lens

9. Role of Aid (official) (2 pages)

Include IHD lens

10. Role of NGOs (2 pages)

Include IHD lens

11. What policies do you think could work (2 pages)