In poor countries, Mr. Rodrik says, workers may have to pare back their aspirations of development.
Over the next six weeks we shall discover just how good they are, as well as much else besides about the aspirations and development of rugby as a global game.
At the G8 meeting in July, Barack Obama summarised the situation well when he said: "Developing nations want to make sure they do not have to sacrifice their aspirations for development and higher living standards, yet with most of the projected growth in emissions coming from these countries, their active participation is a prerequisite to a solution".
Rather than just being another consultation exercise that is promptly ignored, neighbourhood plans which set out aspirations and development needs for the area can be voted on through a referendum.
In other cases, we highlight instances that avoid such divisive place-making, and which instead draw on inclusive, rather than divisive, imagined geographies, overlaid with the collective aspiration for development, pride and dignity.
In relation to the purchase of products, buying activity is indicative of the human need of expressing change, aspiration or development, and is the subject of detailed research and financial investment for the designer.
Fasting before extubation may prevent aspiration and development of nosocomial pneumonia.
However, because SELDI-TOF is high-throughput and can be applied to measure the complex protein mixtures present within the small microliter volumes easily collected by nipple aspiration, the development of this application holds enormous promise.
This is yet another critical reminder that we can't solve climate change without embracing the economic and social-development aspirations of the developing and emerging world.
