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Fair enough. As somebody who has spent the past 15 years working in global health and international development, I can tell you that "third world" is considered
by nrjames 9y ago
Fair enough. As somebody who has spent the past 15 years working in global health and international development, I can tell you that "third world" is considered pretty pejorative these days. While there might not be a convenient way to linguistically group together all those "friendly third world countries," I suggest you avoid using the term "third world."
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- richardwhiuk 9y agoCan you suggest an alternative? LEDCs? Developing countries? Newly industrialized countries? TPLACs (in jest)?
- nrjames 9y agoI think your best bet is just to refer to regions or specific countries. The "developing" part of developing countries creates a false dichotomy. The World Bank doesn't even use it anymore (https://qz.com/685626/the-world-bank-is-eliminating-the-term-developing-country-from-its-data-vocabulary/ https://qz.com/685626/the-world-bank-is-eliminating-the-term...). Just say South East Asia or Sub-Saharan Africa, or whatever you mean.