1.   Use the Internet to research one developing nation from the list at the bottom of this paragraph. Your research should include an examination of the effects that the distribution of foreign aid can have on a developing country, as well as the material covered by the Webtext and lectures in Weeks 1 through 3. Countries you may write about are as follows and no other country will be acceptable. Note: Haiti, Rwanda, Sudan, Egypt, Iraq, Sierra Leone and Columbia are not on this list. Middle East                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Libya                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Gaza                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Lebanon Africa The Central African Republic                                                                                                                                                                                                    Mozambique                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Liberia                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Zimbabwe (after transition from Rhodesia) Latin America Venezuela East Asia, Southeast and Southwest Asia Japan (after WWII)                                                                                                                                                                                                                            India or Pakistan after the 1971 war over Bangladesh                                                                                                                                                                                                          Vietnam                        .

1. 1. Use the Internet to research one developing nation from the
list at the bottom of this paragraph. Your research should
include an examination of the effects that the distribution of
foreign aid can have on a developing country, as well as the
material covered by the Webtext and lectures in Weeks 1
through 3.
Countries you may write about are as follows and no other
country will be acceptable. Note: Haiti, Rwanda, Sudan, Egypt,
Iraq, Sierra Leone and Columbia are
not
on this list.
Middle
East
Libya
Gaza
Lebanon
Africa
The Central African
Republic
Mozambique
Liberia

2. Zimbabwe (after transition from
Rhodesia)
Latin America
Venezuela
East Asia, Southeast and Southwest Asia
Japan (after
WWII)
India or Pakistan after the 1971 war
over
Bangladesh
Vietnam
Europe
Germany (after
WWII)
Kosovo
Ukraine
2. Write
at least a three page
research paper in which you:
Identify the weak institutions that make it so difficult to
advance development in the Third World country that you have
selected. Support your response with concrete examples of each
of the results that you have cited.
Analyze the specific actions that the leadership of the selected

3. country has taken, through the use of its foreign aid from donor
nations and international lending institutions, to relieve the
severe problems caused by institutional failure and conflict.
Discuss whether or not the state’s internal institutions are
working to improve development in the selected country.
Support your response with examples.
Use at least five good academic resources in this assignment,
excluding
Wikipedia, blogs, dictionaries, encyclopedias and other
nonacademic material. Approval of resources is at the
instructor's discretion.
3. When referencing the selected resources, please use the
following format:
Webtext Format:
Name of the author. Name of title. Retrieved from website URL.
Example:
Soomo.
Understanding Development
[Webtext]. Retrieved from
http://www.webtexts.com/courses/9218-cathey
.
Lecture Format:
Name of the Author. Name of the lecture [lecture type].
Retrieved from lecture URL.
Example:
Strayer University. (2013).
Understanding Development
[PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from
https://blackboard.strayer.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/SOC/300/
1136/Week1/lecture/story.html
.
Internet Resources:
Author's Name. (Date of publication).

4. Title of the resource
. Retrieved from website URL.
Example:
Westwald, 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
.
4. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
·
Contain no abstract and be at least
three pages of written text
in length, excluding tables and graphs.
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow the APA 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.
5. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
·
Analyze how funding in the form of aid, investment, and loans
moves from industrialized nations to the developing world to
alleviate the problems caused by warfare.
·
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
sociology of developing countries.

5. Write clearly and concisely about sociology of developing
countries using proper writing mechanics.
6. Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality,
logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing
skills, using the
rubric found in the student course guide
.