Development?

What does it mean when I have to travel to a remote African mountain village to be able to flip a switch in my hotel room so I can tie my shoes by solar powered light bulbs? Yeah, it was a pit long drop, and the shared sink had sporadic water pressure - at best, but they lulled us to sleep with a tiny FM transmitter radio playing the best ska reggae I've heard in a long long time. Mwivano, best one star ever.