Q IS 312 Developing Country Project: Part 1 Paper 120 pts. and short presentation 20 pts. = 140 pts. Due: Country Profile is due to Canvas April 7 April 12 by 11:59 PM PST Short Presentation April 7 April 12 during class breakout sessions Welcome to the Developing Country Project. Overview: You are an analyst with the ARC Consulting Group. The ARC Consulting Group is composed of experts in development policy for Developing Countries. The ARC Consulting Group has been hired by the U.S. State Department to provide an analysis of selected Developing Countries and their development needs. You have been asked to select and research a country, identify its major development issues/obstacles, and design a policy (options/solutions) plan to meet its development goals. This is part one of your project. In this step you will write a profile paper: an overview of the country and its development path, provide an annotated bibliography and make a short presentation to your colleagues about your Country in preparation for the final Policy Plan. Part two of this project will be during finals when you present a Developing Country Policy Plan paper and “poster” presentation. Special emphasis to be given to the three C’s: COVID 19, Climate Change, and Conflict. More details to follow Country Profile Paper: In your Profile Paper cover the following: 1. Country Profile: This is an overview of your country. Topics to consider in this section include but are not limited to history, socioeconomics, politics, culture, religion, geography, COVID, climate change, and conflict. SDGs. 2. International context and development 3. Domestic context and development Summary Annotated Bibliography: 1. An annotated bibliography is a list of citations for various books, articles, and other sources on a topic. The annotated bibliography looks like a Works Cited page but includes an annotation after each source cited. An annotation is a short summary and/or critical evaluation of a source. 2. A summary annotation describes the source by answering the following questions: who wrote the document, what the document discusses, when and where was the document written. The focus is on the description. (https://columbiacollege-ca.libguides.com/mla/annot_bib (Links to an external site.)) Country Profile Paper Format: 1. 600 – 800 words. Include your word count. 2. Upload to Canvas. Save your paper as Text (.txt), Microsoft Word (.doc/.docx), Portable Document Format (.pdf), Rich Text Format (.rtf), or Open Office Text (.odt) 3. Double-spaced, one-inch margins, 12 font, page numbers, cover sheet, stapled. 4. Annotated bibliography section 1. You will need to provide four (4) to six (6) sources for the annotated bibliography. 2. Each annotation 75 – 100 words. Include word count. 5. MLA format 6. Turnitin will be enabled. Turnitin scores over 30% will not be accepted. 7. Please be mindful of all directions. Submissions that do not follow all the directions will be subject to a 20% grade. Short Presentation: On the day of your short presentation, you will have up to ten (10) minutes to share your project with your colleagues in small breakout groups. No poster. This will be a discussion format. You will share with your colleagues your profile. They will provide comments and feedback. Resources: See Canvas SDGs (Links to an external site.) ARC Library Resources (Links to an external site.) https://vimeo.com/13016416 (Links to an external site.) IS 312 Developing Country Project Instructions.docx Actions PreviousNext