The good news is that most developing economies are strong.
India, like most developing economies, faces a chronic shortage of medical doctors.
Eighty percent of water in most developing economies is used for agriculture.
According to Pingali et al. ([2005]), smallholder farmers in most developing economies find it difficult to participate in markets because of numerous constraints and barriers.
Table 2 Gender Male Female 5 10 Age >65 years <65 years 5 10 Chronic diseases Yes No 9 6 Possession of cell phone(1) Yes No 14 1 Self purchase of cell phone Yes No 7 (4f + 3m) 7 (5f + 2m) (1)Like most developing economies in the Asia Pacific region, cell phones enjoy very high market penetration in urban and suburban areas of Taiwan.
For now, however, workers in most developing economies would appear to have little to fear.
Closing this gap is also at the top of the list for many companies worldwide, and IMF statistics suggest that the Middle East gender gap is three times wider than in most developing economies.
There are some who already regard South Africa, which has a unique history and the continent's most developed economy, with envy or suspicion.
Labour costs are a high proportion of most developed economy businesses (usual estimates range from 60% to 70% of total costs – to over 80% for some financial services companies).
But many South Africans' faith in the ability of the ANC to revive the continent's most developed economy has waned in recent years since president, Jacob Zuma, took power in 2009.
They require stable, predictable international supply chains, and the T.P.P. would have encouraged C.E.O.s, logistics managers, and others to place their bets on the world's single largest trading zone, one that would have been dominated by the U.S., the largest and most developed economy in it.
