1. Use the Internet to research one developing nation of your
choice. Your research should include an examination of the
effects that issues such as bad governance, civil war and
corruption have on the creation of states that have failed.
Include in your research the articles from the discussion
questions as well as the material covered by the Webtext and
lectures in Weeks 1 through 8.
Read the instructions carefully
Write a six to eight page research paper in which you:
Identify the factors that contribute to a state’s failure to deliver
good governance to its people.
Support your response with concrete examples of each of the
results that you have cited.
Analyze why the specific actions taken by the leadership of the
selected country have failed.
Discuss the prospects for success in the selected country and
support your response with examples.
Use at least eight (8) 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.
When referencing the selected resources, please use the

2. 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:
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 (URL Web address).
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Contain no abstract and be
at least six pages of written text in length, excluding tables and
graphs
.

3. Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow the APA 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:
Analyze how funding in the form of aid, investment, and loans
moves from industrialized nations to the developing world to
alleviate the problems caused by warfare.
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.
These are the only countries you may write about.
Angola
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Libya
Malawi
Nige
North Korea
Pakistan
Sudan
Yemen

4. Venezuela
Zimbabwe
The grading for this assignment will be based on answer
quality, the logic and organization of the paper, and your
language and writing skills.
You are strongly advised to work from an outline.