Country Classifications Re: Villain of the Week: Bolder Technology Corp

[John D. Giorgis]

At 12:24 AM 1/26/01 -0600, Ronn wrote:
>Whatever the proper term is, though, is there anywhere a list of which 
>countries fall into each category?  I don't think I've ever heard of any 
>specific nation being listed in the middle category ("second world" or 
>"nations in transition" or whatever).

Developed world (1st World):
USA, Canada, Australia, NZ, Japan, Western Europe, and usually Israel

Nations in Transition (2nd World):
Eastern Europe, former Soviet Union

Newly Industrializing Countries (A recent addition to the classification in
@1990):
The Asian Tigers: South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia,
Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand

Developing World (3rd World):
Latin America, Afrca, South Asia, Middle East

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