Write at paper that is at least six (6) pages long in which you:

• 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. – Cameroon and Ghana
• 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

  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 LDCs.
  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.

Do not use sources that are older than seven (7) years.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• This course requires the use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
• Be typed, double-spaced (no extra spacing between paragraphs), using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
• 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 is counted.