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Development is a good thing to every nation that wants to develop.building of good schools, hospitals, good security network, human capital development, good roads,a better environment to leave and do business, job creation, shunning nepotism, favoritism, free and fair election etc are all ingredients of developed nations . the reverse is the case for under developed countries.So can the under developed countries get it right?

Man, its entirely possible that an nation to escape this situation, but it won't be easy much less quick. It isnt something a single president can achieve in a single term, so he needs to truly think about the nation and not just about gaining advantages through corruption, for example.

For a country in this situation to develop, I think it needs to think far beyond physical infrastructure. It needs efficient management that starts with quality education, which creates opportunities for the population to develop, a business friendly environment with lower taxes and more attractive establishments, combating corruption and others like this.

I think the worst of all is when an country has a weak currency with an uncontrolled inflation. But thats where Bitcoin can help... playing a very important role, offering value protection, financial inclusion without relying on traditional banking systems and a global currency that could be traded anywhere in the world. It may not be a solution for everything, but it would certainly be a catalyst for opportunities where the local currency is weak.

More or less every countries are developing on their own rhythm. If you compare the current condition of developing countries to their previous condition decades ago you will see they have improved since then. Probably not like the rest of the world, but some changes for the better can be identified, especially regards technological aspect, which ends reaching every corners of the globe.

The most difficult part is to change the noxious cultural aspects, like the ones mentioned on this thread: nepotism, corruption, favoritism, fixed elections and so on... I believe money solely can't change this reality. Therefore, only money isn't the solution for developing countries to reach the status of developed. Deeper structural changes are needed.

They can get it right but it all depends on the leadership. I have the believe that if a government of a country wants things changed for better for the country, it can bring it into reality through a one term democratically elected regime. I am not saying it is possible for the government of a one-time regime to turn a developing country to another developed one but they can quickly set the path towards a better future for the country through a single regime change.

This is achieved through the building of sustainable strategies for development, implementing working policies which should be firm and stringent that the citizens must follow for a more sustainable development, setting up strong reward system for hardwork and strong punishment system for corruption, working assiduously on the key infrastructural development projects and quickly bostering the security and welfare of the people. Once a government sincerely focus on building the country towards a path to success like this, it becomes a pacesetter towards developing the country now and in the future.

Turning an underdeveloped country into a developed country is a matter of culture, not only economics. Having strong work ethics and the desire to learn new skills and grow is a cultural thing. China was a poor country 50 years ago. The Chinese are hardworking and willing to learn and educate themselves. That's why they've managed to become one of the highly technologically advanced industrialized countries in the world right now.
I simply cannot see strong work ethics and strong discipline in most African and Latin American countries. The culture there is different, which would slow down their economic growth. Their potential to become highly developed countries is very limited.

It's definitely possible. After the fall of the Soviet Union, our country was a total mess. There was a massive robbery, murder and many other bad things were going on. Then there was a revolution and the new President completely changed the mentality of the people and the situation of the country for the better within 6 years. A country that was in total chaos with a very high crime rate, quickly became a country where lots of Western companies started investments and it became a place where the crime almost disappeared. Btw as every leader, our leader also started to abuse the power he had in his hands and then the new government got the power in their hands. They are doing both, good and bad but overall, I see that our country is developing and compared to my childhood, there is a huge difference, especially in the capital.

We do not know tomorrow but with what I have noticed since I started to know more about the world and countries, I noticed that countries that continue to develop are developing most while the ones that do not develop fast still are not developing fast. The developed countries remain as developed countries, developing countries remained as developing countries while underdeveloped countries remain as underdeveloped countries. Nothing changed. This makes the chance of underdeveloped countries to reduce in becoming developing or developed countries.

Until they get a good government, they will continue to be underdeveloped countries. The only thing that can make a country better is having a good government, and the only way to have a good government is for the country to have a system that prevents government officials and politicians from neglecting their jobs.

The difference between developed and undeveloped countries is not because the developed countries have good politicians or government officials, but because there is a system that makes sure people do their jobs, and those who don't do their jobs are punished. In undeveloped countries, people are rewarded for not doing their jobs.
The change can only come from the people. You can't expect those in power to give you change because it favours them. So the people have to be ready to fight for what they want.

For a country to develop their government and owners of big industries in that society have to channel their mindset towards that's direction but whereby the government is not functioning properly and the industries are not utilizing the man power properly then such country would keep being under developed till they're ready for a change, most of these developed countries today where not like they're currently some where barely developed but channeled their attention towards building a better nation for the future generations now here they're, while some other countries are still going backwards instead of moving forward for a better future, the government has a major role concerning that, and if any country remains poorly developed it means their government is bad.

the truth is an under developed countries can still be develop if there governments work towards that,  If I can remember vididly all the countries that are developed today was once an under developed countries, just as I said the development of a country is in the hands of there government, if under developed countries want to achieve all this things you mentioned they will definitely achieve them. So if your country is under developed don't lose hope just pray for government to come a government with good visions for there country and things will change, developments will start in your country.

Getting it right by the underdeveloped nations depends on their leaders, if their leaders does not possess what it takes to do the necessities that attracts developments then they should wave development a good bye, underdeveloped countries problems is the political class which is the main ruling party, is we look at some country, we will see that there leader are very weak to the extent that they do shake when the are making speech, they don't like to take a bow for other visionary leaders to take, they keep buying their ways in, because they political umpire are never independent in these countries, they electoral umpire are compromised and manipulated just because the president apoints them, put them among people to share Money with, let's be realistic, it will be very difficult for those countries to get it right, their leaders got nothing upstairs, they concentrate more on looking public funds and nothing.

I hate to say this, but I think the majority of them might never get it right. Internal and external manipulation, corruption, allergies to development and infrastructure, greed, self centeredness, etc, has eaten up so many third world countries today. Of course, the whole problem comes from leadership. Almost everyone seeking for positions in government don't usually go with a good agenda as far as third world countries are concerned. Of course, a few people might have good agenda, but might end up changing to a bad one so as to easily blend with the others with same agenda, and probably spend more years in office.

There is a chance, but I don't see that happening for many of them. If only so many people have an idea of the games that are being played both politically and by external influence, then we would understand how difficult it is for an undeveloped country to get it right.

The major ingredient for underdeveloped nations breaking out from underdevelopment into developing countries is just good leadership. If you check out one of the major challenges synonymous with all the underdeveloped nations, you find out that they have highly corrupt leaders who do not care about human capital development as they should. Any country without importance for human capital development will remain underdeveloped for as long as possible.

It's entirely possible for underdeveloped countries to emerge from their current situation, there are many examples of nations that were once underdeveloped but have now become developed, such as South Korea and Singapore.
However, becoming a developed country requires significant effort and strong leadership to guide the nation forward. Political stability, corruption prevention, human resource development, and public support are also necessary for progress. If an underdeveloped country can overcome these challenges, it can certainly achieve developed status.

If everything can go well as you write, there will be no underdeveloped country in the world; but I don’t think all these will happen in most countries because people are very selfish.

There is no more free and fair elections especially in most African counties due to the influence of some of the colonial masters that are yet to free them completely, as a result, they are still commanding some affairs in such countries which always come in their favor not the citizens favor, and that is why most of these underdeveloped countries will never develop anytime soon until they countries realize and change their system completely.

If the government of every country can do their best to provide everything properly, every country will develop.

The first approach towards problem solving is ones ability to identify that he or she has a problem before talking about knowing what the problem is then we talk about how to provide a permanent solution to the problem. Some under developed nations have failed to know they have a problem talk more of finding solution to it instead they go about tackling irrelevant situations in the nation so if that is identified, they can fix the under development issue but the challenge here is most people responsible for carrying out such duties have been blindfolded with quest for supremacy and selfishness that have narrowed there thinking towards building self wealth instead of working on the national duties delegated to him

In most cases no, they are enslaved in a debt trap and a lot of their money will always be lost to interest payments. Now add to that corruption, bureaucracy and smart asses who only create horrible laws and you end up with terrible future prospects.

This is not just a problem in Africa. As long as there are lies and propaganda and as long as these things are legally allowed, there are no fair elections. This is also the case in the Western world.

I think it all based on the governments that how they are seeing their process towards development because it all about to provide the good environment and all the facilities to the people of their country. definitely they get rid of their under developing situations by doing great steps towards the betterments of their country. I think in this regard if any government is get success in three basic fields then it is very easy to walk on the pathway of developing countries. If they try to doing good in Education, Health and Law if these three fields get attention then there is no such obstacles will be remained. Then things brings ease for that country.

Sure can. Just vote sensitive people into power who does as he/she promises.
At the moment the underdeveloped world is shining.

I don’t know what happened several years ago before the developed nations today were able to achieve this development today and called a developed nation. But I still feel some sense of surety that they were once like this before and decided that they want to become a nation to be well respected for its developmental strive all over the world. Under developed nations can also come together to embrace positive change rather than keep putting blames on one another and keeping negative energy within.

If developed nations were once here before and were able to outgrow this state, then underdeveloped nations can do it also. It is just like wanting to invest in bitcoin and you’re always citing the negative aspect of it, procrastinating and delaying the time to start the investment while seeing others that already invested still making good profits. So they just have to make up their mind and fight all negative energy within and outside that is stopping them from growing. Only till then, will their developmental strive begin to show.

There were no nations that just sprang up already developed with systems that worked, sky scrappers and respect for human rights,  ;D

Every nation had to start somewhere, there were nations that were at the apex of their way of doing things before it changed and now, we define development by certain terms, technology inclusive. That’s why archeologists keeps unearthing mysteries of the ancient world.

Underdeveloped and developing nations would realize what they’ve got and how to utilize it for best results some day and all they need is a good leader to help them see it. After all, not so long ago Dubai was an arid desert and now, the tourists destination of the world.

There are many variables for underdeveloped countries to overcome their situation.
A smart reformist dictator may come to power, and society may change.
There are many factors.
The country's natural resources and the level of societal education are very important.
If society wants it, anything can happen.

Yes. Our country is still under developed but we're now developing. We can see the progress that's happening. We're actually left behind by our neighboring countries. But 50 years and more ago, we're ahead of them because of what did the US to our country and what the Spanish left for the architecture that they've provided to us. When we're freed and became an independent country, the system became corrupted and it has made people poorer. I am in belief that this development will be good and time will come for reckoning.

Is not only your country who has seen that because some other was actually one of the country on there continent which was above others in every ways but after years ahead they became lower and underdeveloped than those who were ones below them but however it shouldn't even be about competition but all that's important should be learning from those country that has overtaken them so that they can also start developing, although for almost every country who were higher but became poor if they check were this problem comes from is always the politics and the ruling system.

Under developed countries are struggling to level up with their grind, they careless citizens that doesn't practice mindfulness, they strictly leaving with work and chop mentality where the survival for the fittest become their anthem.

Since the government has promised them and failed to do these stability of life you mentioned above, they decided to struggle and strangle on the weak to face the future, to feed themselves and family, so to me they are getting it right another way, those that never understand the games are burnt to ashes in under developed countries. It's hell bro

That is right, it always comes from the political system that we have. We have a democratic kind of governance but, instead of it is for the people it has been abused by politicians and they are the ones who had become a better living. And that's the reason why many of the funds are embezzled by them and with the constitution protecting them as well, little people like me can't do anything against them because we're not even united. Politics is also the reason why people are separated from each other because we're also so emotional with regards to politics.

Eventually yes, it is not a one-night process but a long one.  Many developed country today have their struggles in the past years, but you see, they eventually came out from being underdeveloped countries.

The process of transitioning from an underdeveloped country to a developed one needs the cooperation of the government and its citizens.  Without harmonious cooperation between these two, being a developed country will not be feasible, and more likely worsen the economic situation of the country.

Sure development is a process of building a nation and converting their mineral resources into finish good and creating a framework that meets their internal needs that reflect on the GDP of the countries, and if that is done consistently you become an developing country.


And if as a developing country you reach a certain stage of development then the rank will go from being a developing country into a developed countries, so yeah is achievable.

It is easier said than done. All these ingredients for a developed country is nothing compared to one thing and that is corruption. Money is needed for building infrastructure. These infrastructure will be used to generate more money to create more projects but if those money are pocketed by politicians then only the politicians become rich and the rest of the country will stay poor.

In poor countries, corruption is not just a culture but an ecosystem. The law of supply and demand also applies. In poor countries (low state capacity), officials/elites demand rents; corporations and intermediaries from developed countries provide offers in the form of bribes, offshore schemes, and contract engineering. Corruption is a collective action problem; all actors consider bribery normal, so the cost of honesty is higher than the cost of going along with the flow. This economic structure creates fertile ground for corruption and patronage politics.

Therefore, the culture of corruption in poor countries does not exist in isolation; it is fostered by a global ecosystem that provides bribes, shady financial schemes, and regulatory protection. Breaking the cycle of poverty caused by corruption requires a two-pronged approach: strengthening domestic capacity and transparency while shutting off the tap of bribes through cross-border enforcement, dismantling financial secrecy, and fair trade/tax governance. Without this reform structure, corruption will remain a cost of doing business—and poverty will remain institutionalized.

We understand that in the world of geopolitics, geostrategy, and geoeconomics, there is a saying: there are no permanent friends or enemies, only permanent interests. Developed countries will do everything in their power to avoid losing their wealth to exploitation. While they promote democracy, they also promote propaganda and intervene in poor countries to ensure that the ruling regimes are their puppets. For example, countries on the African continent, which are actually wealthy, remain impoverished through French neocolonialism.

There was a reason for establishing a Constitution so that there would be equality within those who are governed by the Constitution but a lot of things that is against the Constitution has been done and no justice has been giving so actually is unfortunately that the Constitution has been kept away from working as stated and people that has power of doing anything they like found it as an opportunity to cut every channels of development into there benefits alone, there are some selfish people who are in the office that signs every constructions that would led to a development on there city but instead of doing that they find an easy way for them to quickly divert it on themselves before anybody would no, although I once referred to the politicians alone but considering what some high non political representatives does in the office they have also prove that they are in the list of those who doesn't want development.

Please show me where these people are in power except in El Salvadore? There is literally not a single other example in the whole world. I guess you meant to say sensible and not sensitive?

Nigeria:


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-08-20/nigeria-s-aliko-dangote-wants-to-dominate-his-country-s-oil-refining
no paywall: https://archive.today/iXYyI

Read it and you see it.
Further there is Argentine.

To develop your country, you must first develop yourself and kill your animal nature. In the modern world, you will find those who lack humanity and corruption is connected in every vein of your blood as underdeveloped. Even if you want to develop there alone, you will not be able to do so, because corrupt leaders and their pet dogs will not let you do that. Here, instead of blaming the leaders, I will blame their pet dogs and their followers. Why are they harming themselves for a few privileges?

When every person in the society is developed and educated, then the leaders will not see any dogs next to them and if he is corrupt, no one will follow him. The main strength of the leaders is the manpower, if this manpower stands against him and forces him to do the right thing, then every leader is obliged to do honest work. But that does not happen, the leaders know where to hit, their interests will be achieved in the long run, that is why the education system in underdeveloped countries is of poor quality. The day we can protect ourselves from becoming the pets of dirty political leaders, that day we will be able to transform from an underdeveloped to a developed country.

For the development of a country, we must know about the elements of development. What we naturally understand is that if there is no problem in the basic needs of the people of a country, then that country must be developed. A developed country will have a good governance system including education system, health care. Every sector of the developed countries, including technological advancement, electricity and employment creation for the common people, will be in a good position.

But the picture seen in underdeveloped countries, including political instability, poor in general and medical education, and a large impact of unemployment, and constant reliance on foreign investment, such signs mean that there is a sign of a developed country. But the thing is that an underdeveloped country can also become a developed country if they have a specific goal. If the general public works together.

If an underdeveloped country takes the right steps to improve education, medical technology and reduce unemployment in the country, then those countries will no longer remain underdeveloped. They can also reach the level of developed countries at some point.

There is no perfect country anywhere.  Almost all the nations of the world face two or more of the problems you have mentioned. We remember when the current president of the US claimed that elections were rigged against him. We have also heard about Russian interference in the US elections.  

The difference is that the developing nations' situation is extreme.  Corruption exists among developed nations, but developing nation experiences the highest form of corruption. Third-world nations will get it right when transparent and selfless leaders are elected.

Before asking this question have you carried out your research about the countries you are referring to and if you did, what was your result? Are these countries still the same as it were in the past 20 years? There's a saying that change is constant, which  means that definitely there's going to be changes in those nations ni matter how long it might take. I will use my country for example, there have been so many good changes now compare to when I was still a kid and I hope that there will be more good development that will come forth, it might not be in my favour again but for my own kids.

Yes they can if they want to. It will not happen overnight but it will happen of they have the will power to do so. Many underdeveloped countries are not underdeveloped because of lack of resources and manpower but because of the people who are leading the country.. Their lack of foresight or their denial of it. I don't want to mention any specific issues because all countries including developed countries have it. Underdeveloped countries have a choice everyday is they can just make the right one.

All roots tie to former colonizers who still extract resources but through more sophisticated ways and having built dependence. This applies to the entire Africa and Middle-East regions. You can overthrow the government but nothing will change as long as all your economic activity is fully dependent on producing a limited variety of resources for foreign giga corporations.

ps: these corporations / foreign countries usually have exclusive rights to extract specific minerals, build and tax ports, or straight out own the land itself

corruption therefore, is not the root cause, it's the symptom

And to take note that it is the corruption that usually hinders the nation to move forward. If their government officials are not corrupt and sincere in developing their country, they can. A perfect example is Singapore, a very small country and very limited resources, and yet, look at where they are now. It is a testament that it is indeed how the government will direct its country to become a progressive one. There are so many countries rich in natural resources and yet, they are still in the third world category. And more than likely, the corruption is high in those countries.

Singapore is a very perfect example. It is one country that continues to fascinate me up till this day. Over 50 years ago, my country was exporting palm fruits to Singapore. In fact, my country is 5 years older than Singapore but you can't even compare the progress that they have already made more than my country. And I know that this is because Singapore decided to be be intentional about its growth and development compared to mine.

Development doesn't come once, and every developed country was once an underdeveloped country.

For a country to develop, it must start from when the election is starting, they should be able to elect a candidate who is ready to work for the country, fight corruption, and make things right in the country.

Another thing that can also make a country to develop is when the citizens have a quality education and have good skills. When the citizens have these, they can establish themselves without waiting for the government to employ them because they can create a job for themselves with their skills.

A country that is able to produce things and export to
Other countries and make profits from what they produce has a higher chance of developing than a country that only import goods without them having any profits instead they lose.

Of course, the underdeveloped countries can still get it right if they apply good economic strategy. If you look at the developed countries, what has aided them all through the years was their continues economic growths. After all, before those countries became developed, they were once underdeveloped. What has led many nations to still remain underdeveloped is greed and selfishness, no one wants to make sacrifices that will better the masses. In some countries, you will see so many billionaires but yet the country is still underdeveloped as they all left the development of the country to the government alone when they can be part of the development. You will see a billionaire living in an area that doesn't have good road, poor or no electricity but they built mansions in those areas. Everyone has just left even the common things they can do that will still be of benefits to them, but they will be unconcerned about it so how do you expect such a country to develop.

Sure countries are always developing but what is important is their speed of development compared to the world. If you are developing at half the speed of other countries, you will always stay underdeveloped even if you are technically developing all the time.

These people are hard to find, they very rarely go into politics.

The government employing a large work force is usually a sign of several different systemic failures, so yeah good skills are what matters. With the world how it is today, one can get very high paying jobs from companies located in other parts of the world.

I want to talk about South Korea, which combines the advantages of an excellent developed country, but at the same time the disadvantages that you described. Therefore, it turns out that not everything is as clear as you think, and some countries can be very developed at the same time, but at the same time they will have very strong nepotism and bribery.
The thing is that this situation will develop with every country that very quickly became an economic miracle. Although literally a few decades ago it was still a village and therefore the mentality of people does not know how to change so quickly to economic realities.

The developed countries were once countries where you could find corruption, starvation, a bad economy, and other issues, but people stood up and fought for things to be right. It is not easy for a country to be called a developed country; it doesn't just come easily; people must work to get what they want.

 For the undeveloped countries to become developed, they first need to get the right leaders who have a sense of what a leader is supposed to be. One of the things that makes a country underdeveloped is the mismanagement of money and having corrupt leaders in power. When a country has this, it is just a setback for the country.

It is very possible for underdeveloped countries to become developed but it will not happen overnight, they need to work towards it. Change is possible for these underdeveloped countries if they have proactive leaders that truly understands what and how their country needs the change. If you check the leaders of these underdeveloped countries you will know that either they don't have what it takes to effect change or they are benefiting from the underdevelopment. Underdeveloped countries who are in a democracy should vote out corrupt politicians who have nothing to offer but where problem lies is that most of these countries don't have free and fair elections.

This is exactly what it means for a country to experience development they must be more of a producing nation than an importing nation because depending on what other countries produce can only cripple the economy of the country it doesn't add to the GDP of the nation. The underdeveloped countries are used as dumping grounds for the developed and the developing countries that is why you see most of the underdeveloped countries finding it difficult to think of things they need to produce to attract other investors from investing in their country or buying things from them and it keeps them from getting into debt because they have nothing to sell to develop their economy.

Human resources and leaders with a vision and mission for progress should be able to lift a country out of decline because they have the access to do so. However, sometimes this is difficult to achieve because existing leaders do nothing, not to mention the lack of human resources capable of making real changes. Some arguments refer to political systems where leaders are selected based on various methods, but if elections still rely on money, then leaders cannot expect to make real changes for their country.

Corruption has become rampant and destroyed all sectors of economic growth, preventing any growth that brings change to the people within it. Economic problems are becoming increasingly complicated due to crises and recessions occurring everywhere, thus making the economic growth sector for a country worse.

Yes to me the underdeveloped countries can get it right, but it takes honest leadership, strong institutions, and committed citizens. Development doesn't happen overnight, it requires good leadership, and accountability  not keeping at side the needs of the people over personal greed and gain.
And for any country to develop to the world standard, the citizens of that country most be empowered, the citizens most first developed themselves before infrastructure. Who will lives the government built houses the people, who will use the road the people so why making the citizens poor? Development can't take place when the citizens are poor. The third world countries leaders corruption is too much and that is why they can't developed their regions.

What you describe is happening in the country where I live now, because economic growth in my country is completely chaotic and not on the right track. Not to mention the corruption and strange regulations that have angered the people to the point of holding large demonstrations at government offices, which have not subsided to this day. Sometimes I wonder why the council, elected by the people, is making arbitrary rules against them, causing such unwanted chaos. Hopefully, there will be peace in the next few days, because if this chaos continues, I fear the country will collapse again, and the situation will be quite dire.

There's always a chance to come out of underdevelopment and there're factors that can help underdeveloped countries overcome underdevelopment depending on their willingness and efforts.Studies have shown that underdeveloped countries like South Korea and Singapore were undeveloped and managed to grow and transcend into industrialized nation's.

You can't develop if you don't have anything to grow your economy. The countries that are developed had one thing the world need and they shipped it fast to make demands for them, that's what the developing countries need to do. They also need to work to be independent, some countries claimed to be independent to some high profile developed countries but the truth remains, they are not stand alone they can't do without the support of other countries.

Look at Ukraine that has been bully over the years, they need the support of US funds to be able to fight Russia, they are not stand alone but look at China for example, they used to be farmers that respect their culture, they offered their resources to other countries that can't do things with some high profile countries and now they are better than some high profile countries. They call them made in China but always proud of what they have achieved in the last 50 years.

if a government offer any country needs a development let them focus on human infrastructure development at first that will help for a government development in both rural area and the urban area, the thing is that majority of people who is into politics today are the one  causing harm to people, because I believe that they're the one that is causing hardship to people right now, if government place thing's in order, the thing is supposed to be good. To the citizens, but I seen that government of our days does not do things that to favor the masses they only concentrate on their personal interest and the selfish interest

A good plan can take years to implement, but ultimately, a country can achieve its desired level of development. While this isn't easy, it's not impossible either. Factors that will help overcome underdevelopment include good education, valuing people, and implementing realistic plans to improve the economy. Beyond these, many more factors could be listed. As in the examples you've provided, some countries have succeeded, and it's not impossible for others to achieve similar success.

Corruption can be considered the biggest obstacle have faced during modern history, as it act as a desease in the economic and social body. Corruption doesn't only waste national resources, but also threats the sovereignity of laws and disrupt national and foreign investments. Corruption also destroy the the fair concurrence and disrupt the sastainable growth. Therefore, combating corruption is not an option, but a necessity to achieve economic growth and social justice in these countries.

Using Singapore,  south korea as a case study is a perfect example of total transformation of all kind all because there was total commitment, sign of consciousness and commitment to service in there leadership system That was why it came to reality and materialise in due time.  they tried including china between 1990 to 2005 that got there transformatio, why then is that of Africa not working when they have all it takes to receive the transformation we are talking about or can't such happen in Africa especially Nigeria

Yes it's possible,when there's a good government in power the change begins, whenever a nation is in destress what they have to do is to unit themselves and vote out the bad government and elect the good government, someone who is willing to lead,who have the interest of the masses and that of the nation in his or her heart,who knows what leadership is all about,who really want to build his or her nation and not to destroy a nation. and whenever someone likes that is in the throne,the change begins gradual process, because the danger caused by the past government is not something one can fixed one day,so it's just little by little and that very nation will rise and become great..

I don't think there's any nation that was course by the creator, rather it was our leader who has chosen to lead us into destruction, instead leading into infrastructure and development with our different mineral resources.so every underdeveloped nation has a every chances of developing and becoming great if only they have agreed to do the needful and stop bribing and corruption, tribalism and regious discrimination.

I also live in the same country as you and am familiar with the problems our country faces. The public has become so disillusioned with government policies that are not in favor of the people that demonstrations are almost inevitable now. Leaders are no longer able to guarantee the welfare of the people, and their policies have created a lot of unrest, harming the people themselves.

If the government doesn't adopt the right policies and change its mindset for better policies, our country will experience a much greater economic crisis because the demonstrations are now almost uncontrollable. These demonstrations stem from corruption and the policies that have sparked the entire population to protest against their current policies.

When the people are pushed to the wall with high taxes and oppressive policies, they will end up revolting.  We also had similar protests in my country, which led to the death of many citizens and the destruction of property.

Sadly things didn't change for the better. Corruption increased and we are still facing anti-people policies.  I just hope that this demonstration you country will lead to better living conditions for the people of your country.

So the fact is, many poor and developing countries are not short of wealth or money, but rather have an excess of thieves. The problem of corruption, collusion, and nepotism in poor countries is not merely a symptom of a cultural accident, but rather a global political instrument. Local oligarchs are used as puppets to exploit their own people, while the global elite acts as directors, ensuring the stage remains set according to the script, developing countries remain dependent, oligarchs remain in power, and the people remain busy surviving, while local and global elites perpetuate the symbiosis.

It is possible for a country to break free and move up a level but it feels increasingly harder to do. Money buys power in a lot of cases and money is always looking to make more money. If you take any random developing country in Africa for example, you have so many difficulties to work through - ingrained corruption that may span generations, short election cycles actually breeding instability if a country is lucky enough to be democratic, bad infrastructure causing things like powercuts or poor surroundings markets. Even if a country makes it, neighbors having wars can quickly destabilize it or even much more powerful third party countries that want to manipulate politician to align with their interests. It's an uphill battle for sure.

While that is what it means, these days every nation makes a debt, it is not unheard of. The trick is to get debt enough to pay off in the future. Well, a billion dollars can be paid today right? Let's say you are a nation who has to pay a billion dollars, you can either pay that now, or can pay that in 10 years, isn't that better? Due to inflation and using that for growth, you could do better.

This is why it's smarter to just make sure that you are dealing with something much better in the future easier to pay. That is what most nations needs to do, and I think that's the best way. I get that some make more than they should, like USA, who has debts beyond what they can pay, that is not the way, that will be bad for them.

Every first world countries that is up there today were sometimes under developed , poor and without any basic infracture but at certain points in times of the history of these countries some visionary leaders stood up and made some drastic changes which was setting up these countries in the part of development and industrialization so for under developed countries to come out of the woods that they find themselves the leadership of these countries must be decisive and take steps in the right direction they must look inward for their developmental challenges

How long could we blame the elite and the top levels, while letting people get away with it? I mean we are talking about democracy in many nations where corruption still happens and nations are poor. We have democracy and people who would actually make the nation better and not let it be taken advantage of, and yet the people still do not vote for those politicians.

So why don't we start acting like the voters are the reason, and stop acting like the voters are the victim? They are not the victim, they picked those guys, they elected them, and they deserve to live a very poor life because they are living in the world they built. In non-democracy places I get it, what can you do, but in democracy ones, it's people's fault.

There would always be underdeveloped countries, and there are various reasons for that, a few which are: corruption, poverty, political instability, low GDP, reliance on international support/aid, etc. Becoming developed is not as easy as flipping a switch, the country has to start doing things differently in order to achieve a high standard of living and TBH, it is impossible for many developing nations.

That said, there are fast-developing countries. Nations that fall under this category are making progress in one or more sectors and are generating significant revenue and making infrastructural progress, they are far from being developed, but at least they are making progress. Finally, countries hardly come out of the situation they have been in for a long time, for example, if corrupt leaders have captured power, it will most likely never leave the hands of corrupt people and on and on it goes, except a revolution happens to break that order.

The root of the problem in developing countries is widespread corruption and indecisive leadership in eradicating both corruption and the mafia. Nothing is impossible in changing a country, choose a leader who has a reasonable vision in developing the country and has a good or clean track record and is firm in eradicating corruption and other illegal practices.

If natural resources are sufficient and the government is skilled at managing them and attracting investors, increasing the flow of capital and technology will create jobs and drive faster economic growth. However, it is also crucial to ensure that these investments not only benefit investors but also provide tangible benefits to the wider community and sustainable national development. Therefore, the combination of natural resources, competent and intelligent government management, and the ability to attract investors are key factors that can accelerate a country's progress.

It's not just simple, a country can grow economically if they have a person who is ruling as a leader and also has the knowledge related to economics, and makes policies that will help the country to grow in long run. If a country with good leader but not enough resources to influence the geopolitics may suffer to grow but it will happen over the time but when there is a country with all the resources but corrupted system will lead to no where.

There are two major theory of development, which is the western liberal theory of development and the Marxist theory of development. The western liberal theory believes that the under developed countries, especially African countries are under developed because they don't have the ability to develop on their own and the only way they can develop is to align with the west to develop, and on the other hand the Marxist theory believe that African or under developed nations has the ability to develop on its own and they are under developed because of their relationship with the west.
I believe that every country has the ability to develop, as long as they make the right decisions to help improve their conditions and help them develop.  I really don't want to choose sides on either of the school of thought,  but I just believe that every developing nation should choose one of the theories that work for them and that will be a good part towards development.

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Abhiseshakana explained everything... We can go deeper into "how do they do it", but it's a long-long story. This is nothing new... it's been happening for centuries, powerful oppressing the weak. Try telling the people in Ukraine or Gaza (and sadly, there are many other examples... including my country) that it's their fault for voting for the wrong leaders... do those votes even count?

Almost all underdeveloped countries do this because taxes are a steady source of revenue for a country, which is why they continually devise ways to tax new sectors they deem promising. The House of Representatives salary increase hurt the people in our country because the timing was inappropriate, and that's why demonstrations broke out everywhere, destroying public property and causing many people to suffer.

Corruption remains a problem that remains quite difficult to overcome. There are several studies that might be representative of preventative measures, but they are difficult to implement. I see the direction of elections as the main focus and if people are willing to be bribed during elections, corruption will continue to occur and will be difficult to stop.

Some countries become under development after a while of being decent, and some come out of under development and be... well appropriately development lol. The world has seen many rises and falls, while most of us know the history of Europe because they are very popular, along with our own nations. You will not hear many people around the world knowing history of some nation like... let's say Peru, or Venezuela.

But in reality, there are many nations that actually grow so far ahead, you would be insane to think that now, but it's true. For example, we all know Greece has a huge and great mighty history correct? They are bankrupted and failing economy today for example. Or Egypt, with its might and marvel for centuries, a tourist trap today. So many nations become small, get big, and many big, become small.

It's harder than it seems, the developed nation already taking industrialization into another level.
They got high value services and product while underdeveloped nation are selling raw material with low prices.

A steel turned into car can have hundred times if not thousand of its value. The under developed nation are still dealing with poverty and selling raw material to try endure the poverty.
I doubt any underdeveloped nation right now can become developed nation that easily honestly.

If all these you mentioned are to be absolutely intact in a nation before they can be addressed as a developed nation, then I will confidently tell you that no nation is developed. I know looking at these areas, some countries are ahead of others but no country can boast of having everything working effectively. As for the countries you refer to as underdeveloped, they have slim chance to make a difference because the so called developed nation already put them in a condition they won't find it easy to breakthrough in order to compete with them.

Well as a political science student who has been through the politics of development and underdevelopment, I'll say there are ways to achieve this. Seeing the fact that most underdeveloped nations still live in ancient ways of life, they should first let go of those traditional beliefs and values if they want to achieve modernization. Modernization theory of development called modernization theory states that "in other for states to develop, there are certain things they have to let go. From high birthrate to superstitious beliefs and etcetera."

So yes I believe that these underdeveloped states, can later on also develop.

Logically, every nation wants to develop. Why would someone want to be undeveloped and poor? But times change, so some under developed nations will overcome their current fate. Just look at the historical examples. Argentine was one of the best country in the world and now it's not a good place to live, this is famously known as the "Argentine paradox".
Ireland is a good example of how a poor country can become one of the richest nation. The whole Ireland was a poor village and now their people live a good life. But Ireland is not the really best example (just my favorite), the best example is South Korea. It made a bet on education, science, healthcare, infrastructure, engineering and so on and now look at them, where they are.
Everything is possible with the right mind, right people, hard-working and right mentality.

Some of the path for or some of what defines underdeveloped nations you already elucidated @op, overcoming underdevelopment is a monumental challenge (as in an incredibly large problem), it might take a while but it remains possible for a nation to develop. However, success depends on many critical factors of which good governance free from corruption is key likewise good citizens willing for good governance...

I'm sure they can with right efforts. Gov must figure out what is holding the nation back, and proceed to correct those errors. In nations like India which is underdeveloped, here gov tries to improve nation but people are too rigid, they should try to play with mindset of people to improve it.


Correct and corruption can only be uprooted with right education, children's must be taught to live the life of integrity and once old corrupted blood is replaced by a young blood having integrity, nation might have some hope.

A country no one is mentioning is Morocco.

Morocco is now a trade and manufacturing powerhouse
The country’s ports and factories are humming   Say the economist.

Judge for yourself: https://archive.ph/ReGM5

I find these macro economical numbers have a cloaking effect. They hide several parts of the economy.
Such as how many people live off the grid. Seeing the success of Tiktok, Shein and Temu in the US there has to be a substantial part living off grid.

Overall, I think they will. But it takes a lot of time for them. Many underdeveloped nations don't have consistent and continuous progress. Their development is feeble. It may happen that a decade of gains after tiny forward steps could be quickly erased after electing a wrong leader. Then, they will have to go back to square one.

There might come a time when they'll improve and get out of their abject condition, but they might remain as underdeveloped because by the time they've started, say, providing books for each pupil, the developed countries have already switched to something more advance.

Under development countries will mainly focus on building a strong infrastructure, providing better jobs and supporting their citizens initially. Competing with developed nations will not even be a thought until they develop their nation first. I can see a lot of under development countries are now making their way towards being developed. There always will be a few remaining states where the development will reach quite late but major states will show promising development.

Under developed countries will definitely make their way towards a fully developed nation but it will surely take some time. These countries will initially focus on a fewer states where development is easy due to the availability of resources.

The underdeveloped countries can not achieve development if they focus only on the infrastructure and job creation in their nation if they must attain development they must make their nation economy to improve and have different industries working and producing things they can be attracted by other countries, the developed countries are advancing in technology while the underdeveloped countries are still  struggling to create job opportunities it's going to take long to see the underdeveloped countries advancing like the developd countries which are improving in their productivity and industrialization.