What is the third world?
Other Names for the Third World:
Developing nations; but are they nations?
Less Developed Countries (LDCs); but is there only one type of "development"?
Newly Industrialized Countries (NICS); true for a few
The South; although many are south of the equator, is
geography so critical? I don't want to stress geography.
Jared Diamond's book argues
that geography has shaped the third world
The Fourth World; the poorest of the poor countries
Group of 77; UNCTAD countries; countries that formed
the U.N. Committee on Trade and Development that argued for a New International
Economic Order.
Our Textbook groups the Third World this way:
Less Developed Countries
Nigeria
Islamic World
Egypt
General Patterns/Problems in the Third World:
1. Demographic Transition
Traditional Pattern:
2. Diversity
3. Dictatorship
4. Corruption
often institutionalized
("kleptocracy")
5. Dependency
economic dependence on rich countries