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developing country
noun
a country having a standard of living or level of industrial production well below that possible with financial or technical aid; a country that is not yet highly industrialized.
developing country
noun
a nonindustrialized poor country that is seeking to develop its resources by industrialization
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of developing country1
Example Sentences
A minimum wage job in the US earns over $24,000 a year - roughly four to 30 times more than in many developing countries.
China sells weapons mostly to developing countries like Myanmar and Pakistan.
In general, intestinal parasite infections are far more common in developing countries, where deworming practices are sometimes performed on populations that are exposed to high levels of contamination that put them at risk.
In 1991, Pope John Paul II issued “Centesimus Annus,” or “100th Anniversary,” writing about devastating poverty in developing countries along with worldwide economic, cultural and spiritual poverty caused by forces such as “consumerism.”
I was reminded of the time at the IMF in 2022 when developing country finance ministers asked me if everything was OK in Britain during the mini budget crisis of Liz Truss' government.
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