So while I was sitting in a tall building in New York, I put those two experiences together side by side, and basically concluded that connectivity is productivity whether it's in a modern office or an underdeveloped village.

On that front, too, America has been falling behind.

But mortgage markets remain underdeveloped in most emerging economies.

China would still have a vast underdeveloped countryside.

Financial, technical and technological transfers still lag far behind.

Europe, by contrast, is clearly lagging.

Starting with extremely low wages and an underdeveloped currency, German workers succeeded in competing against the world.

Africa remains a region of great concern, but other areas of the world lag behind, too.

Germany, Japan, and the US, among others, remain far below this commitment.

Moreover, the quality of Chinese manufactured products continues to lag behind that of developed countries manufactured goods.

However on account of a number of reasons education indicators for rural women lag behind men and urban women.

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Colombia is the second most biodiverse country in the world, lagging only after Brazil which is approximately 7 times bigger.

Those countries are lagging far behind the international development mainstream because of the specific structural and geographical challenges that constrain their capacity for development.

Although a number of women had held Government portfolios, their participation in representative bodies lagged far behind that of men.

The tables given above show that women lag behind men in almost every area covered by Article 11 of the Convention.

With regard to political rights, women's participation in policymaking and decision making continued to lag behind in all countries, even the most developed.

Domestic violence still exists and can be seen mostly in rural areas where people's mindsets are old fashioned and women are not fully aware of their rights and interests.

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Africa still lags behind many parts of the world in educating its girls from primary school through to university.

A region often depicted as backward is debating its destiny both face to face and across social networks every second of every day.

Youth unemployment is soaring, educational opportunities pale in comparison to those offered in metropolitan areas, and recreational facilities are often considerably underdeveloped.