If this disparity is not widely appreciated, as Indian officials claim, the rigid distinction between developed and non-developed countries in the KP, which they so rigorously endorse, must be partly to blame.
Despite his best efforts to forge a consensus between developed and developing countries, the resulting Copenhagen Accord was weak and ineffectual.
Broadband is not a gap, but a bridge between developed and developing countries, providing access to all of the services of modern society for the well-being of the population in general.
Furthermore, the Prize acknowledges Mr Schei's role as facilitator in the dialogue between developed and developing countries in the international environmental arena, especially in the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
But it is still going to require more work and more confidence-building and greater trust between emerging countries, the least developed countries, and the developed countries before I think you are going to see another legally binding treaty signed.
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Only 20% planned to take precautions, such as peeling or cooking, when eating fresh fruitJane Zuckerman, director of the Academic Centre For Travel Medicine and Vaccines, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London said that around a million people each week travel between the borders of developed and developing countries.
It has filled niches in between: Europeans warm their homes with it and many developed countries generate some of their electricity with it.
The UK has one of the highest caesarean rates in the world - the World Health Organisation has set a target of between 10% and 15% for countries in the developed world.
Alcohol consumption is the third biggest contributor to disease in developed countries and in the UK young people aged between 16 and 24 consume more than any other group.
The divergence between education attainment and education achievement is more serious in developing countries than in developed countries as illustrated in the following example.
Then there is the telecoms business: thanks to a private near-monopoly, owned by Carlos Slim, the world's richest man, Mexicans pay between four and ten times as much to be connected than do people in developed countries.
The poll of developed and developing nations, which questioned almost 12, 000 in 22 countries between December and February, found that a majority in most countries saw economic unfairness around them.
Accenture spokesperson Charlie Hartley says this gap in purchasing intent and spend between the emerging countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China, or the countries) and developed ones (US, Japan, France and Germany) was generally found to be the case across all new categories of electronics, including smartphones and tablets.
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