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View synonyms for developing nation

developing nation

  1. A nation where the average income is much lower than in industrial nations, where the economy relies on a few export crops, and where farming is conducted by primitive methods. In many developing nations, rapid population growth threatens the supply of food. Developing nations have also been called underdeveloped nations. Most of them are in Africa , Asia , and Latin America . ( See also Third World .)


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Pope Francis, the first Pope from a developing nation, sees the world through the eyes of the poor and dispossessed.

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