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During the [[Cold War]] period '''Third World''' referred to countries which didn't align themselves to either of the power blocks the [[US]] and its allies and the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet Union]] and its allies. These nations formed the non-aligned movement.  It was usually applied to the mostly developing nations of Africa, Latin America, and Asian countries.<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>
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During the [[Cold War]] period '''Third World''' referred to countries which didn't align themselves to either of the power blocks the [[US]] and its allies or the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet Union]] and its allies. These nations formed the non-aligned movement.  It was usually applied to the mostly developing nations of Africa, Latin America, and Asian countries.<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref> However, it also applied to neutral-aligned European countries such as the [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]], [[Austria]], [[Switzerland]], [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], [[Finland]], [[Denmark]], and [[Iceland]], even though they weren't developing countries.
 
   
 
   
Since that time, third world refers to developing and undeveloped countries which have large scale poverty and low levels of economic development. Third world countries often have dictatorships as the form of central government, and in many third world countries government corruption is rampant.<ref>http://media.transparency.org/imaps/cpi2009/</ref>
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Since that time, the term "third world" refers to developing and undeveloped countries which have large scale poverty and low levels of economic development. These countries often have dictatorships as the form of central government, and government corruption is rampant.<ref>http://media.transparency.org/imaps/cpi2009/</ref>
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It also refers to portions of otherwise "first world" nations with similar characteristics: examples being nearly all Democrat-controlled major cities.
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Revision as of 14:32, June 19, 2019

During the Cold War period Third World referred to countries which didn't align themselves to either of the power blocks the US and its allies or the Soviet Union and its allies. These nations formed the non-aligned movement. It was usually applied to the mostly developing nations of Africa, Latin America, and Asian countries.[1] However, it also applied to neutral-aligned European countries such as the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland, even though they weren't developing countries.

Since that time, the term "third world" refers to developing and undeveloped countries which have large scale poverty and low levels of economic development. These countries often have dictatorships as the form of central government, and government corruption is rampant.[2]

It also refers to portions of otherwise "first world" nations with similar characteristics: examples being nearly all Democrat-controlled major cities.

References

  1. The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989
  2. http://media.transparency.org/imaps/cpi2009/