Comparing Factors that Lead to Underdevelopment

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    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:

    1.  Identify the two LDCs (from the list above), which you will compare and assess. Explain why you chose these two countries. 
    2. 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):
      1.  geography 
      2. extractive institutions 
      3. governmental corruption 
      4. internal or external conflicts 
      5. shaky financial systems 
      6. unfair judicial systems 
      7. ethnic, racial or tribal disparities 
      8. lack or misuse of natural resources 
      9. closed (statist) economies 
    3. 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.

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