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Paper Instructions:

Your paper MUST address the following information and include each of the following 6 headings in your paper.

Grading Criteria

Cultural background (5 points)
Briefly describe their nationalities, language, and religion.
Discuss some of 2 of the country's unique customs they practice.
Historical/political context (5 points)
Provide a brief history of the country (at least 4 major events)
What type of government system is in place?
Who is their current president?
Resources and distribution of wealth (5 points)
Describe their various: natural, technological, and human resources.
What is the distribution of labor force by occupation (include % for Agriculture, Industry, Services)
How is the wealth in this nation distributed? (for example, what percentage of the wealthy population own the country’s income? Wealth Gap?)
Section 4. Economic and non-economic indicators of well-being (16 points)
a. Choose 4 economic factors from the article by Sumner (2006): GDP, GDP per capita, Unemployment rate, Population below poverty line, GINI coefficient, Population living below $1 a day, Real wages, Poverty Gap.

You need to include the actual statistics/data for all 4 economic indicators.
b. Choose 4 non-economic factors from the article by Sumner (2006): education enrolment rates, survival to secondary schools, literacy rates, mortality and morbidity rates, health service usage, and household infrastructure, clean water, HIV/AIDS, life expectancy.

You need to include the actual statistics/data for all 4 non-economic indicators)

c. Analyze the data from the 8 factors and discuss how these stats explain the living conditions in this country

d. Discuss the differences in poverty by gender, age, geographic location.

Reference:

Sumner, A. (2006). Economic well-being and non-economic well-being. In M. McGillivray & M. Clarke (Eds.), Understanding human well-being (pp. 54-73). NY: United Nations University Press. (see attached pdf file for article)

Poverty relief efforts (8 points)
Name and describe at least 3 government or private/non-profit programs that are intended to directly or indirectly alleviate poverty within the country you are discussing.
Does the aid program focus on building resiliency?
Does the aid program target at the individual level, family level or community level?
Is the program a grass-roots or top-down program?
Compare poverty alleviation efforts to those in the US (8 points)
Describe at least two poverty programs in here in the US (ideas are listed below) that the US government employs to fight poverty.
Compare the 2 US poverty programs with poverty alleviation efforts in the country you have selected for your profile. How are the programs similar or different in the 2 countries?
Do the programs reflect similar or different ideologies?
Do you think the US could learn something from any of the programs you have discussed from your profile country?
US Programs to consider:

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Medicaid (TANF)
Children's Health Insurance Program
Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC)
Section 8 Housing Voucher Program
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Unemployment insurance
Earned Income Tax Credit
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Head Start / Early Head Start
National School Lunch Program