Written Assignment: Comparing Factors that Lead to Underdevelopment 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: Nigeria, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Central African Republic, North Korea, Angola, Ghana, Chad, Yemen, Cuba,, Zimbabwe,  Malawi, Indonesia, , Morocco, South Africa, Iraq, 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 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. 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 pag ...

1. Written Assignment: Comparing Factors that Lead to
Underdevelopment
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: Nigeria, Nicaragua, Guatemala,
Central African Republic, North Korea, Angola, Ghana, Chad,
Yemen, Cuba,, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Indonesia, , Morocco,
South Africa, Iraq, 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

2. 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 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. 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

3. 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.