For papers, there are four key questions that you should address:

For papers, there are four key questions that you should address: (1) why this topic is important for this country; this should also include a general overview of the country’s economic situation (2) a brief background on the topic, including at least one scholarly journal article in economics (more on this here) (3) the current status of this issue; and (4) what you expect will happen and what, if anything, should be done in the future about this issue (by the government, aid donors, or others). Note that some of this will depend on the topic.

The paper will be a synthesis of (1) factual reporting about the country and the topic; (2) economic theory and analysis relating to the issue you’ve chosen; (3) your suggestions and predictions about how the country might change (or continue) policies related to this topic in order to enhance economic development.
Grades on the final paper will be based on (1) content (how well you address the three points mentioned in the previous paragraph); (2) topic (did you choose an interesting and important topic?); (3) exposition (is the paper written clearly? Are grammatical/spelling mistakes minimal?).