First published in 1998, policy WITHIN developing nations includes:

1. Economic policy, such as economic growth without inflation or sectors of unemployment;

2. Technology policy, such as encouraging the adoption of improved technologies for health, energy, transportation, agriculture, manufacturing, and the environment;

3. Social policy, such as education facilities, and merit treatment across ethnic groups, genders, age groups, economic classes, and geographical regions;

4. Political policy, such as multiple sources of ideas from different government levels, branches, interest groups, and parties;

5. Legal policy, such as compliance with the law by street people, business people, and government people.

Policy ACROSS developing nations includes:

1. International economic policy, such as trade, tariffs exchange rates, and factory relocation;

2. International technology policy, such as patents, copyrights, trademarks, and other aspects of technology transfer;

3. International social policy, such as immigration, refugees, and cross-border ethnic friction;

4. International political policy, such as human rights and the role of sanctions;

5. International legal policy, such as the drug trade, human rights, business transactions, torts, and property rights across national boundaries.