Essay Topic: What governance challenges do poor countries face? How can those challenges be addressed?
*rule of thumb: two to three governance challenges (example challenges: accountability and corruption, participation and participatory budgeting, decentralization etc)* Don’t forget Recommendation on how these challenges will be addressed*
To answer this question you will need to choose one poor country, classified as Medium or Low in the UNDP Human Development Index Report 2014. The report can be accessed at the following site: http://hdr.undp.org/en
In writing the essay you must pay attention to the following directions and advice:
– Ensure that you adhere to a word-count of 2000 (+/- 10% leeway) words not including references or the reference list.
– Ensure your paper includes page numbers and that you justify the text in each paragraph.
– Reference all sources of information through in-text references and a reference list.
– Include page numbers where you are referring to or applying a specific thought – whether as a direct quote or a paraphrase.
– Provide a properly structured introduction and conclusion.
– Avoid providing a mere summary or synopsis of developments, the paper must reflect on governance theory and contain a critical analysis of the material relevant to the topic leading to a final hypothesis.
– Avoid including references in the introduction or the conclusion.
– Any essay that does not include significant reference to scholarly books, book chapters and/or journal articles will be unlikely to receive a high grade. DO NOT USE WEBSITES AS REFERENCES. Can use websites such as OECD, UN etc to extract reports.
– Primary sources (such as newspaper, magazine articles, Official Government website etc.) can be used but they should be supplementary to the use of scholarly (secondary) material.
– Harvard style referencing, 15 to 20 references minimum
– Don’t forget your rationale/justification for your thesis statement/position
– Introduction: outline specific topics/evidence that you will use to support your argument in your introduction
– Main body: always ask yourself, have I clearly linked this example back to my argument? Do I have coherent linking sentences at the beginning and end of each paragraph?
– Avoid language such as ‘discuss, explore, looks at’ they indicate to the reader that you are taking a descriptive rather than analytical/argumentative approach
The following criteria will be used for assessment:
1. Evidence of reading relevant material, including different points of view.
2. Evidence of understanding of the question asked.
3. Discussion and critical analysis of relevant concepts, theories and issues.
4. Logical arrangement of material relevant to question asked, reflecting an understanding of the issues and the relationships between elements of the subject.
5. Use of relevant facts or empirical information to develop and substantiate critical analysis and argument.
6. Clarity and correctness of writing, (e.g. grammar, punctuation and spelling).
7. Proper referencing, acknowledgement and citation of sources. You must use the Harvard style referencing system.
8. Correct reference list provided at the end of the paper in alphabetical order by each author’s surname.
9. Adherence to the prescribed word count. Students may use the 10% rule, whereby the final word count can be 10% under or over the prescribed word count. Essays that provide a word count that is under or over the prescribed word count once the 10% rule has been applied will be subject to a reduction in marks. One (1) mark will be deducted for every 100 words that fall outside the acceptable minimum or maximum final word count.
Please note: Be careful using the Internet: it offers information, sometimes wildly inaccurate, while also not necessarily providing a strong critical analysis.
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