developing world

British  

noun

1. another name for Third World

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Example Sentences

The most celebrated example came two decades ago, when Indian firms helped slash the price of HIV antiretroviral drugs, dramatically expanding treatment across Africa and the developing world.

From BBC

He believed that the developing world simply had “too many people” and calculated that the earth’s population needed to be cut in half.

From The Wall Street Journal

That reality will be noticed in capitals across the developing world where governments have been courted by China’s offers of “strategic partnership.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Some of the DFC’s largest projects, or those above $150,000, have included financing global vaccine procurement in poorer countries and lending to small and midsize businesses in the developing world.

From MarketWatch

The international share of global emissions has been growing for decades, a trend that’s likely to persist as the U.S. continues its transition from coal to less carbon-intensive natural gas and as energy access expands in the developing world.

From The Wall Street Journal