Once you have chosen your country and policy issue, you can begin searching these various resources.
You are going to want to search for:
- Background information about the country or region you are exploring
- Locate your country or region in the World Factbook and CIAO (Country Outlook).
- Every country has an Economy section (GDP, Industries, Labor, Unemployment, Budget, etc).
- Collect basic demographic, socio-economic-political information that will help inform you about the locale.
- Many of the development bank resources have a section about "Where we work" or "Regions we operate in," this is where you will find your country's profile and policy plans.
- Policy Issue: What are the events or decisions that have shaped this policy?
- Begin looking through research reports- Once you have identified some issues affecting your country or region, locate a policy paper or report on this topic.
- Sometimes it helps to trace a timeline of how your policy was shaped.
- Look through News Sources- How is this policy being reported about in various new sources? Domestically? Internationally?
- Analyze choices under consideration: What are the routes or options that were not taken? You may have to search through economic opinions, perspectives, and think pieces to gather alternative options.
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