underdeveloped

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(especially of a country) without modern industry or modern services that provide transport, hospitals, etc.:

an underdeveloped country

It's in the poorer, underdeveloped eastern region of the country that the biggest problems exist.

having little or no modern industry, few modern services, and a weak economy:

Many of these regions are very underdeveloped.

not as advanced or powerful as possible or expected:

They have a good brand name but it is underdeveloped.

The reason for the underdeveloped state of the country's capital markets is decades of economic mismanagement.