{"id":16485,"date":"2024-03-20T01:16:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T01:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/you-will-write-a-policy-brief-on-a-topic-of-your-choosing-relevant-to-environment-and-development-in-the-global-south\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T01:16:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T01:16:39","slug":"you-will-write-a-policy-brief-on-a-topic-of-your-choosing-relevant-to-environment-and-development-in-the-global-south","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/you-will-write-a-policy-brief-on-a-topic-of-your-choosing-relevant-to-environment-and-development-in-the-global-south\/","title":{"rendered":"you will write a policy brief on a topic of your choosing, relevant to environment and development in the Global South."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b>No AI, No copy. Please read the attcah file&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"background-color: var(--color-6); color: var(--color-1); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\"><b>carefully<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For this assignment, you will write a<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">policy brief<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>on a topic of your choosing, relevant to<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">environment and development in the Global South<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/q.utoronto.ca\/api\/v1\/courses\/335398\/files\/30711894\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Please check the assignment document for detailed instructions<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/a><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Download Please check the assignment document for detailed instructions<\/span><\/a><\/span>&#8211; there are some specific formatting requirements that you will need to follow. The length should be between 1200 and 2000 words (2-4 pages in length, single-spaced). The upper word and page limits are firm, but the most important thing is for it to fit into two sides of two pages, no more, without being too small to read. You will need to carry out some scholarly research for this assignment, so please be sure to use reliable sources, cite all of your sources, and reference them properly using APA-style citations and referencing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You are also asked to<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">specify whether you are submitting an advocacy brief or an objective brief<\/strong>. Type this into the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Comments box<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>that you will see next to the submission area for your file; you need only say &#8220;advocacy&#8221; or &#8220;objective&#8221; &#8211; nothing more is required. This is mainly so that we understand your intentions, before we read your work (but it&#8217;s worth 1 mark towards the assignment). It&#8217;s also to encourage you to consider the differences between these two types of policy briefs &#8211; to read about these differences, please look at the assignment.<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">If you make an error with your file upload, you can resubmit it<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">once.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Here are some additional resources, where you can read more about what a policy brief is, how they are formatted, what they aim to do, etc.&nbsp;Here are the two sources that are specifically referenced in the assignment:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">IDRC (n.d.), How To Write a Policy Brief, in \u201cToolkit for Researchers,\u201d International Development Research Centre,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/www.idrc.ca\/en\/funding\/resources-idrc-grantees<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(this link goes to the &#8220;Research Tools&#8221; section of IDRC&#8217;s website; scroll down to &#8220;How To Write a Policy Brief&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">UNFAO (2011) Preparing Policy Briefs, Lesson 4.1 in \u201cFood Security Communications Toolkit,\u201d Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">http:\/\/www.fao.org\/docrep\/014\/i2195e\/i2195e00.htm<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(and click on &#8220;Lesson 4: Writing Effective Reports&#8221;)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Here are two examples of policy briefs &#8211; there are many, many more examples (some good, some not-as-good) that you can look at online. The two attached here touch on similar topics &#8211; the impacts of the economic crisis of 2008 on rice prices:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-controls=\"preview_1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/q.utoronto.ca\/api\/v1\/courses\/335398\/files\/28636882\">Sothearith, T. and S. Sovannarith (2009)<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Impact of Hiked Prices of Food and Basic Commodities on Poverty in Cambodia: Empirical Evidences from Five CBMS Villages<\/em>.<\/a><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Download Sothearith, T. and S. Sovannarith (2009) Impact of Hiked Prices of Food and Basic Commodities on Poverty in Cambodia: Empirical Evidences from Five CBMS Villages.<\/span><\/a><\/span>Policy Research Brief No. 48, Poverty and Economic Policy Research Network.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-controls=\"preview_2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/q.utoronto.ca\/api\/v1\/courses\/335398\/files\/28636887\">UNFAO (2009)<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The 2007-08 Rice Price Crisis: How policies drove up prices and how they can help stabilise the market<\/em>.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/a><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Download UNFAO (2009) The 2007-08 Rice Price Crisis: How policies drove up prices and how they can help stabilise the market.<\/span><\/a><\/span>Economic and Social Perspectives, Policy Brief No. 13, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Both of these policy briefs fit nicely into a two-page format; the first is &gt;1700 words, and the second is &gt;1200 words.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Try to figure out whether you think these two examples are &#8220;advocacy&#8221; briefs, or &#8220;objective&#8221; briefs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">This all in the attach file.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No AI, No copy. 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