Agriculture in the developed nations has both strengths and weaknesses.
International aid is a moral obligation for developed nations.
The west has long been the center of production and consumption in the world. International investment was mainly between developed nations and from developed nations to developing nations.
Many claim that the world's highly developed countries bear sole responsibility for the plight of less-developed nations.
Most paediatric endocrinologists now agree that the age of puberty is falling fast in developed nations.
However the developed nations insisted that there is still everything to play for at negotiations.
Only developed nations, including the US, would be expected to guarantee cuts.
The Philippine pilot will provide a "blueprint" for the programme's replicability in other less developed nations.
It said the United States and France were among very few nations with rules for handling old lead paint, whose use was banned decades ago by developed nations.
But with the accelerated development of emerging economies, there will be more and more reverse investment from developing nations to developed nations.
For far too long, the developed nations have talked big - especially when gathered together at summits - but delivered little.
The country has the lowest fertility rate among developed nations with an average of 1.08 children per woman.
This single step would be huge for most poor countries, and make very little difference to developed nations.
Of developed nations, the US had the highest prevalence. The diabetes rate was relatively low in western Europe.
China is well on its way to realizing its third strategic target of raising the standard of living to that of moderately developed nations.
Many other developed nations have worked out sustainable models for health care, but in the us, costs are higher and quality of care is worse.
Last year's financial meltdown raised questions about the attractiveness of developed nations, which have been dealing with their own serious debt, currency and governance issues.
Farm mechanization has almost entirely replaced human and animal power in developed nations, and is now transforming agriculture in many developing areas.
It would also overturn the assumption in vital international collaborations that developing countries can only follow the lead of developed nations.
Us President Obama said in his speech that the developed nations caused much of the damage to our climate over the last century and still have a responsibility to lead.
The experience of developed nations shows that entitlement programs are a way to go, such as Social Security and Medicare in the United States (even as a "reluctant welfare state").
For example, Australian politicians often boast that their economy has had one of the fastest growth rates among the major developed nations-an average of 3.3% over the past five years.
"CNMs also provide pre- and postnatal care and reproductive health advice. Lay midwives usually have no formal training, are unlicensed, and deliver (at home) about three-fourths of infants born throughout the world, mostly in developing countries and rural areas of developed nations. "
