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ITS 302 Global South             Assignment – Policy Paper

You are writing for a client ( Government agency or NGO)              

 

 

Final paper 8 pages plus bib and maps 

· Make sure your paper has a title and your name on it.

      Be sure to number the pages of the paper.

 

· References. Title this - References Cited.

      You should list all references cited in the paper. 

      You should not list references not cited in the paper.

      Follow a standard format. Suggest Chicago/Turabian.

      Internal citations should use the following form:  (Smith, 2010, p. 25).

Have references from the country.

 

· Length.You should write what needs to be written, no more, no less.

      The paper should be typed, double space, with one inch margins.

      Use a computer, keep backup hard copies and digital files.

      Eight pages is about right.

 

· Maps, tables, charts, and figures need to be finished.

 

· How to organize your paper.

      Introduction    (To government agency or NGO)

      Statement of issue – ( e.g. environment, development, human rights)

      Perspectives from the literature (geography, economics, politics, history, anthropology)

      Background – portrayal of country

      Discussion of issues in country

      Policy Options - initial choices  - grounded in the literature

(groups (actors), costs, feasibility, external and internal pressures, constraints)

      Recommendations (selection, description, implementation, monitoring, limitations)

Conclusion

 

· Consult texts and academic papers for further ideas.

· Key on ideas and organization.

      Be sure to organize your ideas, examine and edit your paper carefully.

      Writing should clarify your thought.

 

· Key on:Utilize references fully.           Present ideas completely.

      Organize materials, make connections.      Clarify expression.

· Overcome a writing block by starting anywhere but the 'beginning'.

            Draft an easy section at the outset.  Build upon your bibliography and abstract.