Developing country

Bangladesh is a developing country of 3rd world located in South East Asia covering a tenitory of 147,730 sqkm with about 120 million population. Per capita income is about 220 and literacy rate for 7 years and above has been 32.4%. In the backdrop of agrarian poverty ridden economy, its population may exceed 125 m by 2000 AD. Its 47% population are living below poverty line 12.06m people are unemployed. 

The need for redundancy in the culture system needs to be assessed. Failure of a well pump that brings up water to supply a static pond system may not be a serious problem in countries where new pumps can be purchased in a nearby town. However, it can be disastrous in developing countries where new pumps and pump parts are often not available, but must be ordered from another country. Several weeks or months may pass before the situation can be remedied unless the culturist maintains a selection of spares. 

Worldwide furfuryl alcohol capacity in 1993 was estimated to be 110,000 metric tons (38). As with furfural, new capacity in developing countries is replacing older capacity in developed countries. China and South Africa have become significant producers of furfuryl alcohol. New plants have been built in Asia and Indonesia as well. Consumption of furfuryl alcohol is spread over the globe the largest use is in the foundry industry which is increasingly moving away from heavily industrialized countries. 

C. Otte, Geothermal Energy in Developing Countries, Energy and the Environment in the 21st Century, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1991, p. 755. 

Globally, iron production is expected to iacrease ia developiag couatries as local steel iadustries grow to supply the increasing demand for steel products. Iron production ia already developed couatries is expected to stabilize or possibly decliae as the opportunities for export diminish. Efforts in the developed countries are expected to be in energy efficiency, productivity, quaUty, and cost reduction. 

Total merchant shipments of DRI and HBI in 1993 reached 5.1 x 10 t. The primary DRI exporting countries were Venezuela, Russia, Malaysia, Trinidad, and India. The price of merchant HBI in 1993 was in the range of 125 to 167/1 on a deUvered basis. Although there are expectations that the value of merchant DRI should some day stand on its own, the historic price has been tied to the price of ferrous scrap. A general mle of thumb has been that the value of merchant DRI is comparable to prime scrap (No. 1 Bundles or No. 1 Bushelings) in industrial countries, and comparable to imported shredded scrap in developing countries (see RECYCLING, FERROUS METALS). 

Butter, fresh and salted, was once a primary trade commodity, but is no longer in as high a demand. There has been a shift in emphasis from fat content to the protein, mineral, and vitamin content of milk and milk products, particularly in developed countries. 

Fig. 5. Worldwide PV business from 1985 through 2000, where (D) represents developing countries and (B), developed countries.

Worldwide primary aluminum capacity. Table 14 (35), continues to grow but mosdy in countdes where there is low cost electric power. Primary capacity in the United States, Table 15, has been reduced from 5,019 thousand metric tons in 1982 to 3,902 thousand metric tons in 1988. The United States and other developed countries are expected to concentrate mote on converting taw aluminum into high value added products. 

Iodine deficiency in less developed countries is still a serious problem. Whereas, iodized and iodated salt technology is readily available and relatively inexpensive, market distribution conditions, as well as a lack of understanding by consumers, prevents iodized salt from reaching much of the population in less-developed countries. 

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