Challenges in Policy making in developing countries

Chapter 17 introduced some challenges to policy making in developing countries. If you were an analyst working for the St. Petersburg Informational and Analytical Center, explain how you would use data available to you to prepare a report for the Governor for the State Program “Combating Proliferation of Drugs.” Briefly explain what you would include in your report to detail the problem, and what the forecast results would be for each of several responses to the problem. (You do not have to use actual data from a real model for this discussion.) The idea is to focus on how models can use real data to create forecasts.

The initial posting is due by Wednesday midnight; it should be about two short paragraphs in length, supported by course content and/or external sources, and it should be posted by clicking on “Create Thread”. The initial response should be specific and accurately and sufficiently addresses the questions asked in the discussion topic.

In addition, students are required to respond to 2 classmates’ posts during the week. Incorporating relevant research from course content and/or external sources strengthens all postings. Please follow APA.

The nature of class participation is the interchange of ideas between students. Participation in weekly discussions is time-sensitive. Participation for a given discussion session must be accomplished within the assigned weekly session. In the spirit of the interchange of ideas, late Discussion postings will not be accepted.