Afghanistan is one of the poorest and most underdeveloped countries in the world.

Peru is one of the most underdeveloped countries in South America.

This, he said, should be located in Africa -the most underdeveloped continent.

Since most underdeveloped countries are unlikely to have an industrial revolution, this seems somewhat optimistic at best.

Bihar in north-east India was once renowned for being amongst the poorest and most underdeveloped states in the country.

The Daily Post said this puts Vanuatu at the same level of rural electrification as the most underdeveloped countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Home to about 140 million people, Russia is potentially one of the world's largest mortgage markets but it is also one of the most underdeveloped.

A full takeover would make DBS the fifth-largest lender in Indonesia, Southeast Asia's biggest economy but which has one of Asia's most underdeveloped banking markets.