Assignment:
The Policy Paper
Your task will be to prepare a formal research paper regarding the selected policy. The assignment is to be around 5 to 6 pages with in-text citations for your research. The minimum writing requirement is a 1000 of your own words or around 3 sages of a word document (excluding the cited information). The essay is to discuss each of the following prompts:
• An introduction and brief overview of the policy relationship.
• What are the major issues facing each country involved?
• What are the reasons for initiating changes to the policy?
• What are the options to be considered (discuss several)?
• What are the pros and cons of each potential reform (costs v. benefits)?
• Which is the best option moving forward (pick one)?
• A summary and conclusion
Readings:
1. The convergence of American and Nigerian religious conservatism in a biopolitical shaping of Nigeria's HIV/AIDS prevention programmes
By Jlateh V. Jappah
2. Coincident polio and Ebola crises expose similar fault lines in the current global health regime
By Philippe Calain and Caroline Abu Sa'Da
3. Toward Effective Multilateral Responses to Health Crises
By Obinna Franklin Ifediora and Kwesi Aning
4. Empirical Analysis of Interest Rate Spread in Nigeria
By Muhammad Auwalu Haruna