This assignment calls for you to select two Less Developed Countries (LDCs) and assess if there are any factors that are common to both as far as their development is concerned. Your two countries must come from the following list: Burundi    Benin     Cameroon     Nigeria    Nicaragua    Guatemala   Central African Republic   North Korea   Angola   Ghana   Chad Yemen    Eritrea    Cuba    Congo   Thailand    Egypt    Iran     Equatorial Guinea    Zimbabwe    Zambia    Oman    Ethiopia    Philippines    Congo Liberia   Gabon    Bahrain    Tanzania    India     Guyana     Mexico El Salvador    Lebanon     Honduras    Pakistan    Syria     Guinea    Kenya Sri Lanka    Algeria    Gambia    Mozambique    Senegal    Malawi  Indonesia    Namibia    Vietnam    Morocco    Myanmar    Rwanda     Haiti    Sudan Bolivia    Somalia     Kuwait     Mauritania    Mali    South Africa    Iraq    Botswana    Bangladesh    Tunisia    Niger    Libya    Malaysia    Uganda    Panama  Source: United Nations, 2014 It may help you to be familiar with the concept of poor governance, because this often plays a significant part in why a country is underdeveloped. According to the World Bank, governance is defined as how power is exercised in the management of a country's economic and social resources for development. Therefore, if good governance is synonymous with sound development management, then poor governance means a government has failed to deliver desirable outcomes for its people. This could mean that officials are corrupt, not transparent with their decisions, unqualified to make decisions in the first place, or prone to make decisions based on racism, tribalism or ethnicity — all of which are very common practices in LCDs. The most common factor used to decide whether countries are underdeveloped nations is through the Human Development Index. Countries that are underdeveloped in nature offer poor health care, few educational opportunities, a low average life expectancy, a low number of job opportunities, few recreational facilities, poor economic growth, a low standard of living and a poverty-stricken life. Instructions: Write at least a six-page paper, in which you:  Identify the two LDCs (from the list above), which you will compare and assess. Explain why you chose these two countries.  Analyze the features that the LDCs have in common using at least five of the following nine factors (clearly label the five factors using headings):  geography  extractive institutions  governmental corruption  internal or external conflicts  shaky financial systems  unfair judicial systems  ethnic, racial or tribal disparities  lack or misuse of natural resources  closed (statist) economies  Use at least seven credible sources . Wikipedia, encyclopedias, dictionaries, blogs and other material that does not qualify as reputable academic source work at the college level. Do not use sources that are older than seven years. Your a.

1. This assignment calls for you to select two Less Developed
Countries (LDCs) and assess if there are any factors that are
common to both as far as their development is concerned. Your
two countries
must
come from the following list:
Burundi Benin Cameroon Nigeria Nicaragua
Guatemala
Central African Republic North Korea Angola Ghana Chad
Yemen Eritrea Cuba Congo Thailand Egypt Iran
Equatorial Guinea Zimbabwe Zambia Oman Ethiopia
Philippines Congo
Liberia Gabon Bahrain Tanzania India Guyana
Mexico
El Salvador Lebanon Honduras Pakistan Syria
Guinea Kenya
Sri Lanka Algeria Gambia Mozambique Senegal
Malawi Indonesia Namibia Vietnam Morocco
Myanmar Rwanda Haiti Sudan Bolivia Somalia
Kuwait Mauritania Mali South Africa Iraq
Botswana Bangladesh Tunisia Niger Libya Malaysia
Uganda Panama
Source:
United Nations, 2014
It may help you to be familiar with the concept of poor

2. governance, because this often plays a significant part in why a
country is underdeveloped. According to the World Bank,
governance
is defined as how power is exercised in the management of a
country's economic and social resources for development.
Therefore, if
good governance
is synonymous with sound development management, then
poor governance
means a government has failed to deliver desirable outcomes
for its people. This could mean that officials are corrupt, not
transparent with their decisions, unqualified to make decisions
in the first place, or prone to make decisions based on racism,
tribalism or ethnicity — all of which are very common practices
in LCDs.
The most common factor used to decide whether countries are
underdeveloped nations is through the Human Development
Index. Countries that are underdeveloped in nature offer poor
health care, few educational opportunities, a low average life
expectancy, a low number of job opportunities, few recreational
facilities, poor economic growth, a low standard of living and a
poverty-stricken life.
Instructions:
Write at least a six-page paper, in which you:
Identify the two LDCs (from the list above), which you will
compare and assess. Explain why you chose these two
countries.
Analyze the features that the LDCs have in common using
at least five of the following nine factors
(clearly label the five factors using headings):

3. geography
extractive institutions
governmental corruption
internal or external conflicts
shaky financial systems
unfair judicial systems
ethnic, racial or tribal disparities
lack or misuse of natural resources
closed (statist) economies
Use
at least seven credible sources
. Wikipedia, encyclopedias, dictionaries, blogs and other
material that does not qualify as reputable academic source
work at the college level. Do not use sources that are older than
seven years.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double-spaced (no extra spacing between paragraphs),
using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins
on all sides.

4. Citations and references must follow APA or school-specific
format. Check with your professor for any additional
instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date (do not include an abstract).
The cover page and the reference page are not included in the
required assignment page length. Graphs, tables and
photographs are
not
counted toward the length of the paper; only what you have
written as text itself.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Determine why private investment, open political competition
and the intelligent use of natural resources can serve as
incentives to further economic development.
Decide why good governance, a sound financial system, and a
fair system of judicial justice are necessary to development.
Assess why enforceable environmental regulations are critical
to sustaining development.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
sociology of developing countries.
Write clearly and concisely about sociology of developing
countries using proper writing mechanics.

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