With the current regional instability happening around the Arab nation, it is clear that the region would play host to several important concerns like poverty, poor health facilities, scarce resource for food and water, and inhumane treatment of people. Even the well-off members of the GCC did not escape these concerns as there are still several areas in their territories in need of proper attention to solve these cases. In this end, the purpose of this paper is to explain how regional organizations, such as the GCC, important in creating influential actions in attaining collective action such as the MDG for the benefit of their member countries and to their neighboring territories
For this study, the coverage would begin in the discussion of the United Nations Development Goals and how it is currently being applied to regional organizations such as the ASEAN and the African Union. This will allow an in-depth analysis on how regional organizations like the GCC can act towards their member countries in applying international programs such as the MDG and to provide a comparison on what is the GCC’s current role in the issue. The discussion would then cover a brief explanation of the GCC’s history and structure would provide some ideas on how the organization works. Analyzing its agenda, structure, and influence in its member countries would provide a clear idea on how capable the GCC is with regards to other issues. Finally, the discussion would analyze the current role of the GCC in the application of the MDG, which will also include the issues and recommendations identified with their current capability.
In order to answer the main question of this research, as well as the secondary questions identified to support the main question, this research will be using the descriptive-qualitative research method as it would enable a clear description of the updates done throughout the GCC states to improve their application of the Millennium Development Goals. It would also provide a clearer perspective on how influential programs for the MDG are applied by the various organizations (ASEAN, African Union, and GCC) and how well it is received by the people. This research method would also enable the researcher to identify the challenges faced by the members of the GCC, as well as other organizations in applying programs set for the program.
This paper would also utilize the descriptive-quantitative research method as it would provide numerical data to showcase the improvement between GCC states since the introduction of the MDG up to the present. Given the members under the GCC, this type of research would be able to identify the different characteristics and qualities each member state have and what its impacts would be for the implementation of the MDG. These two research methods would highlight also important factors that the GCC, as seen by the international community, can apply to improve their programs pertaining to the MDGs. A more effective assessment to the GCC framework and its capacity to influence its member states would be plausible with these research methods in effect.
In achieving the scope and objectives set for this research, data collection would be mostly done through the use of both primary and secondary sources. Most of these sources are available online, from the official websites of the United Nations, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the ASEAN, the African Union, and from the various homepages allotted to member states included to the GCC. These primary sources would contain official program communiques, updates, and announcements from these organizations and its member countries regarding the developments about the Millennium Development Goals. These sources are also crucial in creating a chronology of events – from the beginning of the MDG to the current developments of member states applying the MDG. Most of these sources would also detail the criticisms, positions, changes, and recommendations filed by member countries or the organizations themselves in improving the MDGs to their own territories.
The secondary sources, on the other hand, would come from books, journals, news clippings, and commentaries coming from experts and other organizations discussing the topic. These sources would provide another interpretation of the primary sources, providing a comparison of facts. Some of these articles would also provide their own r
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