Assignment 2: Lending Institutions, Health Care, and Human CapitalDue Week 9 and worth 200 pointsUse the Internet to research one (1) developing nation of your choice. Your research should include an examination of lending institutions, health care, and human capital, as well as the material covered by the Webtext and lectures in Weeks 6 through 9.Write a three to four (3-4) page research paper in which you:Explore whether or not funding from international lending institutions like the World Bank and the IMF are helping or hindering the social, economic, or political development of the country that you have selected. Support your response with examples.Discuss, with examples, at least four (4) substantive ways in which a healthy population strengthens the economy of the country that you have selected.Ascertain the degree to which the leadership of your chosen country has used foreign aid to improve its health care system. Support your response with concrete examples.Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia, blogs, and other nonacademic websites do not qualify as academic resources. Approval of resources is at the instructor's discretion. Resources must also be within the last seven (7) years.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 /bbcswebdav/institution/SOC/300/1136/Week1/lecture/story.html.Internet Resources:Author's Name. (Date of publication). Title of the resource. Retrieved from website url.Example:Wuestewald, 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.Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific 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.The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:Determine how human capital is used and what effect gender disparity has on these decisions.Determine what role health plays in developing economies.Examine the role that the International Monetary Fund and World Bank play in transfers and the conditions they set to effect this funding.Use technology and information resources to research issues in sociology of developing countries.Write clearly and concisely about sociology of developing countries using proper writing mechanics.

You will be reading some excerpts from the Iliad and our most complete account of Heracles (Hercules) from antiquity in the the Library of Apollodorus, who was a mythographer (someone who gathers and records the tellings of myth traditions). While reading through these accounts, consider the list of 10 Greek Saga motifs that I covered in lecture. Which do you see in our stories? Do you notice other patterns that are not present in the ten? If so, what do you think they are?Iliad excerpt (Achilles)CM_AchillesIliadReading_fa2016.pdf Heracles excerpt from Library of Apollodorus (You are reading the Heracles section which is K)CM_HeraclesApollodorusReading_fa2016

The articles that you choose must come from a professional peer-reviewed journal, published after 2005, with a clear research methodology. The flow of your critiques should be as follows: Paragraph 1 should contain the author(s) names, the date, volume, and number of the publication, the title of the article, and the title of the journal. Paragraph 2 and/or 3 should be specifically geared to the goal, purpose, or research question(s), hypothesis, null hypothesis, etc., the author(s) intended to examine. These should be clearly stated. Paragraph 2, 3, or 4 should be a brief historical Review of the Literature. Please highlight the critical junctions in the historical considerations that led to this current research examination. Paragraph 5, 6 and 7 should deal specifically with the Research Design and the Methodology used to gather this data. Pay specific attention to research techniques, instruments, or methodology expected to accept or reject the research question(s) or null hypothesis.This is probably the most critical paragraphs as it deals specifically with the techniques to gather data. Paragraph 7, 8 and 9 should focus on the Results of the current study. What statistics were used, what measurement techniques were utilized, and what analysis yielded the current finding. Paragraph 10 and 11 should examine the author(s) Recommendation, Implications, Summary, and/or Discussion of the research findings. Paragraph 12 and /or 13 should be your Critical Analysis of the overall body of work. Examine such issues as the research methodology, the statistics used, the research environment, the sample size, the population for the study, the assumptions made by the author(s), the limitations of the study, the potential for further research in this area, the argument for this data to be replicated, any ethical concerns, and the risk associated with this study. **In this assignment, the focus is on what the social scientist does with the information that they gather. Is it practical or applicable? Does it fall under the conceptual idea of ‘pure’ science or ‘applied’ science? What research methodology was used and could it have been improved on? The best way to find peer-reviewed professional journal articles is to use “Google Scholar” (simply type that into the Google ‘search” space.It will take you to options where you can select “peer-reviewed.”You simply type in your search terms.Many articles are free to view and download.Typically, those ‘free’ links are to the right side as a hyper-link.Simply go through them and find one that meets the criteria.You may also use data bases such as “First Search” accessing the “Wilson Select Plus” database, entering in key word associations in areas that you may be interested in (i.e., domestic violence, elder abuse, demography, psychological profiles, divorce, etc). Be sure to obtain full-text copies that emphasize a clear methodology (a study that includes a sample size and a manipulation of variables). A librarian will best know how to assist you in finding a peer-reviewed professional social science journal.