what are considered third world countries and why?

Question

an example is: An activist for global environmental preservation advocates increasing efforts at promoting birth control in third world countries, where people increast is greatest.

Answer 1

Yeah, third world countries never seem to host the olympics!

Answer 2

Originally the first world countries were the U.S.and Canada and western Europe. The second world was the Soviet Union (now Russia) and its satellites and allies. The third world was the remainder, unaligned and in general poorly developed countries.
The third world often benefited from the competition between the first and second world. Often they did not as the U.S. and its allies fought proxie wars with the U.S.S.R. in various countries (Viet Nam and Nicaragua are 2 well known examples but the list is long).

The 3rd world countries continue to be poorer and are often called less developed or developing countries. Poverty and ignorance and combine to cause high birth rates which in turn drives poverty and ignorance. The cycle is hard to break, obviously, but it is possible, and has been done.

To qualify for being a less developed country you need to be low on health care, employment, education, and so forth. AN unstable political history also counts but the form of government doesn't matter, all have proved incompetent someplace, some time.

Answer 3

Firstly they are no longer considered third world countries, they are now named Less Economically Developed Countries or LEDC's For short.

Then this name basically explains it. These countries are less economically developed in comparison to More Economically Developed Countries (MEDCs).

How you lable a country as LEDCs is how they answer to a specific cryteria. eg

How many people per doctor
Litteracy Rate
Deaths Vs Birth Rate
Debt
Natural Reasurses
Work Sector devision (primary sector [collecting raw materials] Secondary sector [processing raw materials] Tertiary sector [providing a service])
Countries over all wealth.
Average life expectancy

Other factors are relivent and do occur, but that is the basics.

Hope that helps you.

Answer 4

From what i study approximately 3rd international nations,i might say at this factor Jamaica is certainly a 3rd international nation given that we nonetheless depend on different nations for help. Never the fewer, is additionally it is a establishing nation. We have industries like fishing,mining,agriculture, tourism and so forth. Jamaica is a land of picket and water with gifted folks.We are small examine to a couple nations however we definite impacted the sector on many exceptional phases. "Go crew Jamaica"

Answer 5

Third world countries are developing countries like the Philippines because of bad economy and corrupt government.

Answer 6

They 're the countries which aren't the winners of the cold war or ex-communist .