The developed countries invented the technology the whole world has access nowadays, even the developing countries. It's acceptable they needed manpower a century or centuries ago, when these technologies weren't disponible yet. Once new technologies came in, they were shared with another countries too (machinery, vehicles, tools, internet, cellphones, computers, transgenic food, etc...). The whole world was benefited, including the poor countries. So why would they still need manpower like in the old times?
You know, reality is pretty damn harsh sometimes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Im_8sI0QFQ7:25 , people applauding a 2500 year-old invention
Some trips in the poorest areas of your country or in some asian or African country would make you change your mind about how much access they have to technology.
The differences are enormous and it will take a decade before they at least learn about that stuff, probably a century before they can afford it. Even Eastern Europe lags well behind western Europe, with a lot of villagers still depending on horses for farming and transporting stuff, in other countries they can't have even those.
The main difference in my opinion should be quality of service and not really industrialization or buildings. It'd be lovely to live somewhere close to nature or in a village with great quality Healthcare, Security, Education, insurance, Food market,
I think this can be achieved with Blockchain/Cryptocurrency.
How the hell can one database provide you healthcare or security or education?
You need doctors, teachers and security personnel for that, and shady ICOs won't be able to do squat about that.
Yeah, reality can really be a b***h. I have been to some part of African countries and you would really be surprised at the level at which they are far behind in technology, since there is no access and it is even more like they have been abandoned to the stone age they are still living in, but in the real sense, it is just awareness that is lacking for a whole lot of their youths anyway.
Truly, it would be hard for places like this to quickly develop with technology since virtually the population of the poor ones keep increasing than the enlightened elites or working class and talking about Eastern Europe and that is even for a developed country, I guess that even explains it all.