developing — If you talk about developing countries or the developing world, you mean the countries or the parts of the world that are poor and have few industries.
nascent — beginning to exist or develop: That nascent republic is holding its first election this month.
primary — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
early — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
budding — If you describe someone as, for example, a budding businessman or a budding artist, you mean that they are starting to succeed or become interested in business or art.
rudimentary — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
immature — not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
incipient — beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage: an incipient cold.
