I think it is safe to say that on average religious faith plays a bigger role in public life in most developing countries than in the West or in places like China and Russia. In these latter societies, secular humanism appears to reign supreme. So, while the problem I am about to discuss is not dead in the West - it is certainly still a real issue in the United States of America for instance - it is a major issue in developing countries. It is the problem of basing a claim for public policy change or the resistance of policy change on the supposed commands of your favorite Deity: God, Allah, Jesus, Holy Prophet, the Lord Buddha, Lord Khrishna....and on and on the list goes. In many developing countries, this is a source of real pain and conflict. We don't need to name these countries. You have an entire basket of them to pick from.