human geography and international relation CLA2 week8

Running head: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX 1

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX 6

The Human Development Index (HDI)

Star Student

HUM 165: Human Geography

Month Date, Year

Professor Fantastic

Westcliff University

The Human Development Index (HDI)

Introduce material here… Remember, each professional assignment must have the headings listed below and must be answered according to assignment instructions; each heading is worth a percentage of each case grade and this is how your work should be submitted. Your audience is someone like your roommate – intelligent, educated, but has NO IDEA what the Human Development Index (HDI) is about. You do not want to copy-and-paste the case, but put forth a brief summary so your reader knows what is going on.

This section is generally one paragraph. The easiest way to explain this section is to think of it like an abstract or introduction. If written properly, this section can actually serve as the abstract for the paper. It will, in a sense, set up the rest of the paper, which is an analysis and reflection of the HDI from 5 different countries of your interest. Remember: If you support your analysis from the textbook, you should cite Greiner (2018). You should NOT write According to the textbook as your reader has NO IDEA who or what is that. Do remember to take notes as you read through the case study information so that you are prepared to complete this report.

If there is a second paragraph, it will look like this. The paper should be written in third person narrative and not in the first person. Note: The required headings that must be in the paper are bolded and should be kept bolded. Make sure you always include enough text to form a complete paragraph before moving to the next section.

Index

Before starting this part, please keep in mind that “the Human Development Index (HDI) has been used to gauge the true level of a country’s development beyond gross national income per capita. As such, it has been adopted by the United Nations. The HDI is often closely associated with income levels, but there are several areas of divergence.”

In this section, you will create your own human development index. For this, you will select five countries that interest you. Then go to the website listed on the syllabus ( http://hdr.undp.org/en/data/build/ ) which includes data for every country and allows you to build your own index. By just selecting the income indicator, you can determine the rank of your countries in terms of purchasing power parity and then in the conventional human development index as calculated (HDI Rank). However, you can also select other indicators that you are interested in by exploring this interactive worksheet. You can select different indicators, determine their weights if you like, and build an index that you think is more accurate. In each instance, you need to scroll down to find the ranks of your selected countries.

Country Ranking

This section will answer the mandate: “How do the ranks of your countries change when you use different criteria?” Make sure you always include enough text to form a complete paragraph before moving to the next section. In the next section you will choose one city in each of your chosen countries, and perform the same type of analysis.

Findings by City

City 1: Name

In this section, “you will report on your findings for city #1 with an analysis that includes historical information and current factors that are relevant.” You should also include “suggestions for future development that will benefit citizens in this country.” Make sure you always include enough text to form a complete paragraph before moving to the next section.

City 2: Name

In this section, “you will report on your findings for city #2 with an analysis that includes historical information and current factors that are relevant.” You should also include “suggestions for future development that will benefit citizens in this country.” Make sure you always include enough text to form a complete paragraph before moving to the next section.

City 3: Name

In this section, “you will report on your findings for city #3 with an analysis that includes historical information and current factors that are relevant.” You should also include “suggestions for future development that will benefit citizens in this country.” Make sure you always include enough text to form a complete paragraph before moving to the next section.

City 4: Name

In this section, “you will report on your findings for city #4 with an analysis that includes historical information and current factors that are relevant.” You should also include “suggestions for future development that will benefit citizens in this country.” Make sure you always include enough text to form a complete paragraph before moving to the next section.

City 5: Name

In this section, “you will report on your findings for city #5 with an analysis that includes historical information and current factors that are relevant.” You should also include “suggestions for future development that will benefit citizens in this country.” Make sure you always include enough text to form a complete paragraph before moving to the next section.

Summary and Conclusions

This section will tie together all sources used for this comprehensive learning assessment, conclusions drawn from the readings, and any inconsistencies. This section will generally be one to two paragraphs. Notice the paper has a continuous flow; there are no page breaks between sections. The only page breaks occur between the title page and the introduction, and between the summary or conclusions and the reference page. Note: If there is a header at the bottom of the page (on the last line), you will need to insert a page break immediately before the header to properly move it to the next page with its text. All references for the assignment must appear on a separate page (see the following page for an example). Best practice is to always have at least 2-3-peer-reviewed or academic references, of which one should be your textbook or other assigned readings. You are also mandated to “Include maps, tables, relevant graphics, and the index you created.” The should appear after the References on the Addendum page provided.

References

This section will reference all original work cited throughout the paper. It also gets its own page, meaning that it will not start at the bottom of a previous page. The heading should appear at the top of the page (first line of text) and all reference material should be listed below in alphabetical order by first last name. Also, the title for books is always in italic format and in sentence form. In contrast to book references, the title for articles is in sentence format, not in italic, but the name of the journal or magazine is in italics. Furthermore, references are formatted with a hanging indent, meaning the first line is never indented, and all subsequent lines are indented. See examples below:

Barzani, R. S. (2014). Studying the effects of business strategies on the organization's performance in regards to human resources' policies at the social security insurance companies based. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 4(5), 549-561. Retrieved from www.IJRBSS.com.

Chopra, M., Munro, S., Lavis, J. N., Vist, G., & Bennett, S. (2008). Effects of policy options for human resources for health: An analysis of systematic reviews. The Lancet, 371(9613), 668-74. Retrieved from www.thelancet.com.

Greiner, Alyson. (2018). Visualizing human geography: At home in a diverse world (3rd Edition). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons

Holt, D. (2016). Branding in the age of social media. Harvard Business Review (online). Retrieved from: https://hbr.org/2016/03/branding-in-the-age-of-social-media

McShane, S., & Von Glinow, M. (2017). Organizational behavior (8th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill

You must also provide a reference for all sources used to support the assignment. (Note: As a minimum, the textbook and four additional peer-reviewed sources must be used and referenced.)

Addendum

This is where you load all your maps, charts, tables, and relevant graphics, along with the index you created.