Under development normally applies to countries and the societies within them. It is a reference to a lack of economic and industrial development within an area which as a result helps to hold back the area or society from developing. Under development takes place all over the world. It is just as prevalent in towns scattered across first world countries as it is in Africa and many other third world countries and developing countries. It …showed first 75 words of 2292 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2292 total…a relatively poor way of live, run down, terraced houses, council houses and not very attractive. Underdeveloped in the third world often means a daily struggle just to survive, find food and water and to feed the children. No clapped out Ford Sierras here, just a donkey and cart if you're lucky. So yes problems associated with under development are relevant to both poor and rich countries, they just happen to take on different definitions.