Many developing country memberships in the World Trade Organization have risen rapidly in recent years but this has not resulted in marked increased influence in law for international trade. Many developing countries do not have the resources to support having any or more than very few, and possibly underequipped representatives. As a result, the rules of the international trade continue to be set by the better-represented developing countries and on the basis of developed country models, which can be prohibitively expensive for poor countries to abide by and implement.