It was essentially a stopgap measure, a way of reducing uncertainty in an underdeveloped economic environment.
"In an underdeveloped country like this, to be in power is everything," Mr. Madjid said.
Tried to get a "high performance" fabric cleaned in an underdeveloped country?
"In an underdeveloped economy like Albania, even a young guy like me can be a pioneer," he said.
After considerable study, Wallingford officials balked at a plan to create a mixed-income district in an underdeveloped area downtown.
But, he said, "perhaps because I had grown up for a time in an underdeveloped country, in Indonesia, I was never star-struck by revolution.
"There were neighborhoods where the prevalence of asthma was higher than in an underdeveloped country, and where it was clearly related to socioeconomic factors.
It looked as if it was happening in an underdeveloped country, where villagers might assemble days in advance for care from a visiting medical mission.
Extensive corruption and the use of administrative pressures on electors were considered the only ways to make the parliamentary system work in an underdeveloped society.
Unfortunately, in an underdeveloped democracy, taking to the streets is one of the few ways that the people can be heard.
