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Third World   /θərd wərld/   Listen
Third World

noun
1.
Underdeveloped and developing countries of Asia and Africa and Latin America collectively.





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... domestic entrepreneurship, government regulation and welfare measures, and village tradition. It is almost totally supported by exports of crude oil and natural gas, with revenues from the petroleum sector accounting for perhaps half of GDP. Per capita GDP is among the highest in the Third World, and substantial income from overseas investment supplements income from domestic production. The government provides for all medical services and subsidizes food and housing. The government is beginning to show progress on its basic policy of diversifying the ...
— The 1997 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


Words linked to "Third World" :   accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection


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