International institutions and systems must see that both questions are answered to ensure their continued legitimacy. Developing countries want to participate now because they want results from the international system. For access to markets, countries must negotiate.
Some interests are more regional, such as conflict, but here also there is global concern.
On a narrower level, agreements on rivers, even rules of engagement, date back hundreds of years. But the difference is that now they cannot avoid participating, not only because their own interests are more important, because of the increase in global flows, but because others want commitments or actions from them. They will not be permitted to exclude themselves. This follows on demands for the more advanced developing countries to offer liberalisation in the Uruguay Round. There are similar trends in environmental agreements, where they are now asked to take on obligations.