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developed country

an economically advanced country the economy of which is characterized by large industrial and service sectors, high levels of gross national product and INCOME PER HEAD. See Fig. 51 . See STRUCTURE OF INDUSTRY, DEVELOPING COUNTRY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

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One can infer from his many consumer items that the boy on the left" is from a developed nation, most likely the United States.

Political cartoon

Each developed nation would get a certain emissions allowance for the first budget period and an equal or smaller allowance for the second budget period, starting in 2020.

Beyond hot air: will the world adopt strict limits on greenhouse gas emissions?

Washington is the biggest emitter behind China and the only developed nation outside the Kyoto Protocol for limiting emissions to 2012.

Poor countries may need to curb CO2 by 15%, says UN official

Emerging nations have, broadly speaking, stronger telecom infrastructure growth opportunities than their developed nation peers assert RHK.

Telecom Opportunities Abound In Emerging World Markets, says RHK

In most of the developed nations - all of this was once considered 'fiction,' has been 'non-fiction' for almost two decades.

Use of robots on rise

In most of the developed nations all of this was once considered 'fiction,' has been 'non-fiction' for almost two decades.

Rise of robots in developed countries

UAE respondents lay greater emphasis on freshness of content (50%) as against those in developed nations (46%).

Content freshness and video quality important for UAE viewers: Vuclip

African nations can now export their cotton to developed nations duty-and quota-free as from January after a global pact announced in Nairobi at the World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference.

Benin,Burkina Faso,Chad,Mali : AFRICAN Nations to export cotton Duty, Quota-Free

Differences in wastewater treatment is one drastic difference between developed nations that treat about 70% of their wastewater, and developing nations who only treat about 8%.

Water Treatment in Developed and Developing Nations: An International Perspective

In this he outlined the extent of the problems stemming from the rising tide of international migration, identifying it as a destabilizing force in developing as well as developed nations.

International Migration: An Obstacle to Achieving World Stability

The BASIC countries -- Brazil, South Africa, India and China -- asked developed nations to fulfil their commitments under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCC) towards developing countries for finance, technology transfer and capacity building for mitigation and adaptation actions.

' Developed nations must lead climate change war'

On other GCC positions during the international event, the minister said that the GCC support the request by some least developed nations to extend the transitional period leading to full implementation of the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Treaty till 2021.