Think of 'developed' as a sentence rather than a good label.
Hmmm... The term often changes through time, are you talking about
Third World -> Developing -> Under developed -> Non developed ?
It should be noted that the questions, what is the definition of 'develop'? Remember, for all we know, there's a plan for world domination and that when a particular area got dominated, it get the stamp 'developed', and to those that haven't been dominated... well, you get the idea.
we certainly knew that China was already conquered, at least for its big cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, and so on). While Guilin I seen to be very safe from domination, the local guide mentioned that the area is where its economy is the last in line of all the other areas, that's why I know it was relatively safe from 'them'.
Personally, from the way I looked it, the better its "Public Transportation" is, the more likely that it was already dominated. In short, every cities in the world that have a subway/metro/etc, chances it already on its way to domination.
Strangely, there's one metropolis/megalopolis in the world that seems to have no subway at all, it somehow has an antibody of its that resist the development of subway, could it be that the world will find its saviour there?
Anyway. If you lived in an area that is classified as 'under developed country', just be thankful, that label means that 'your ass isn't mine... yet.'
And if the mass media and non profit organizations said that one area is pretty bad (crimes, poverty, social unrest, and so on), it just mean that, 'until we get that one, we will kept saying that is bad.'
As for governments of under developed countries.
Well... Governments (both developing and under developed) around the world are owned by the same group of people.
Why do you think that there are elections around the world in 2004? The people in charge want to change the managers/Presidents/Prime Ministers/etc (though actors are)!
So if you see one government attacking another government, either verbally, sanctions, military actions, and so on.
That's only a play. Just sit back and watch the play if you like.
If you see one government doing mean things to its people and so on. That's only play to enrage you, just be quiet and enjoyed the play or just stay away from it, since if you participated, you will be the one who were played.
As for Mr. Just-A-Guy's comment.
Well... You should travel more, I find that the most uplifting experience one could get in becoming more patriotic and loving your own country is to travel around the world.
I recently just arrived back from China, and now I know on why my ancestors moved from China. Not that there's anything wrong in living in China (just now it would become more harder to live there), but now I know that the place I currently live is the best, but then again, that's just me.
The effect is much more stronger on my father though, who has seen the world a lot ever since he was a child.
Anyway. Since you live in South America, maybe you should try places like Argentina and so on. From what my father said, Argentina seems to have a very good place to get beef steaks, which is quite nice if you're a meat eater.
As for unequal income distribution.
That's life, some get more, other get less. There's no such thing as everyone get equal share.
Of course, statistics are always created and manipulated by ones who wanted to propagandize their ways, so disregard every statistics.