Report on my research

I arrived at the university (1)________ the beginning of October last year to (2)________ my studies. I am (3)________ for a Master’s degree in Economics – M/A/ (Econ.) – by research. It will take me (4)________ one or two years to complete.

At the beginning of last term I discussed my research with my (5)________, Dr. M. Jones, in the Department of Economics. He (6)________ me to draw up a research outline in the area I had (7)________ for my research – ‘A case study in foreign aid to developing countries’. After further (8)________ with Dr. Jones my outline was approved and accepted by the Faculty of Economics.

My next (9)________ was to begin reading appropriate books, journals and reports (10)________ the background section of the research ‘A Study of the Literature’. My supervisor’s (11)________ was to keep a set of index cards and write the details of each (12)________ I read on a card. Thus I have started making a (13)________ which will be very useful for future reference. It will also (14)_______ me a lot of time when I need to provide one at the (15)________ of my thesis.

This term I have (16)_______ reading and have also made a draft of the first section of the (17)________, summarizing views on foreign aid to developing countries. I have also started to read (18)________ on the country I have chosen for my case study – Utopia. I have (19)________ that many of the World Bank and UN publications are (20)_______ to my research.

I am quite pleased with the (21)_______ I have made so far, although the reading is taking me longer than I (22)________. My supervisor asked me to present a paper on my research findings up to the present, to a small (23)________ of research students in economics. He was (24)________ with the paper and said that it was a good seminar as it had (25)________ a number of questions and a lot of discussion.