Developing countries often have hypertrophied bureaucracies, requiring businesses to deal with enormous amounts of red tape.
I am sympathetic to developing countries' concerns: because of our emissions it's their crops that will disappear; because of our inaction, it's their fields that turn to desert.
The developing countries must be able to take a more active part in trade negotiations, through technical assistance and support from the developed countries.
A multi-polar world can not exist without recognising the status and participation of developing countries.
The true nature of bureaucracy may be nowhere more obvious to the observer than in a developing country, for only there will it still be made manifest by the full complement of documents, files, veneered desks and cabinets - which convey the strict and inverse relationship between productivity and paperwork.
I live in a developing country.
While the technology revolution has yet to reach far into the households of those in developing countries, this is certainly another area where more developed countries can assist those in the less developed world.
But isn't it time for Christians to admit that we should reject bargains if they are gained by the exploitation of the poorest of the poor in developing countries?
In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.
The domination of western values, beliefs and way of life has angered many from the east and in developing countries.