ABSTRACT

Developing states vary so much, in the degrees to which any of their aspects may be underdeveloped, in their history, in their ideology, in their resources, and in their political regimes, that few generalizations about developing states as such can be considered valid. The dearth of empiric or other relevant data also makes it hard to decide which are the significant findings about such countries. Despite these problems, public policymaking in developing states is becoming so important, for both their own fates and that of the world as a whole, that we must try to identify at least some of the unique characteristics of their policymaking.