Understood as what? I'm presuming you're implying that "3rd world country" == "country in the developing world", as it's often used. Although you might consider

Understood as what? I'm presuming you're implying that "3rd world country" == "country in the developing world", as it's often used. Although you might consider it to be fully acceptable, there are many that disagree that that equality be taken as a norm, including the head of the World Bank [1]. Fact of the matter is that use of the "3rd world" as a descriptor is contentious at the very least and I opted to draw attention to this fact. [1] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/14/third-world-term-should-b_n_537814.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/14/third-world-term-sh...