answer:There must be other factors, but education has a part to do with it. I guess it’s more of a tradition that comes out of what they have been educated on. For instance, my friend went to India to do service work in the slums. He would show them how to brush their teeth and wash their hands, yet some people revolted against it. They said that it (along with shots) was a crime against their god. So for some people, they’re okay with it that way since it is all they have known. Educating them from the beginning, in my opinion, is crucial. But religion and tradition has its barriers, and it is hard to start the cycle because of it. Another problem with developing countries is the lack of empowerment of women. A lot of the religious practices there are still very primitive, and this also depends on how rural the civilization is. For instance, women are still basically property to their husbands and parents in India, dowries are still taking place, and they have no control over what they do in life. If a woman has a second baby girl, then one of the parents (usually the mother-in-law) will suffocate the baby and bury the baby far away in an unknown place to pretend like it the birth never even happened at all. In some cultures, when a woman’s husband dies, she must break glass shackles on her wrist until her wrist is gushing open and then jump into a fire in which her husband is burning in. These things, too, are what can keep a society from progressing. Breaking a lifelong tradition is hard to do. Also, a lot of them are in really shitty conditions that may not have necessarily been their fault, like developing nations dumping trash on their land, cheap labor, etc.