Discover what defines a newly industrialized country—economies transitioning from agriculture to industry, with notable GDP growth yet shy of being fully developed.

Developed and Developing Countries: An Overview It's difficult to determine how best to quantify the difference between developed and developing countries. Although gross domestic product (GDP) is one ...

In this article, we take a look at the 25 most developed countries in the world. You can skip our detailed analysis of the state of technological development in different countries and go directly to ...

Chilean President Sebastián Piñera waves as he arrives at the metropolitan cathedral in Santiago to attend the ecumenical ceremony offered by the Catholic Church on March 12. A conservative ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to raise millions out of poverty and turn India into a developed country in the next quarter-century as he marked 75 years since independence from ...

Whether you use “Third World” or “Developing” to describe a certain country, both terms mean the same thing: poor. But it didn’t always mean that. During World War I, First World was used to refer to ...

As many as 14 of the world’s 47 least developed countries (LDCs) may leave this category in the coming years thanks to their rapid economic and human development. While certainly a cause for ...

Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country in Central Asia. It is one of the most corrupt countries in the world, ranking at 144th position out of 180 countries on the Corruption Perception Index of 2021.

When Chile’s President-elect Sebastian Piñera told me that Chile may become Latin America’s first developed country by 2025, I was skeptical. But I found that, on second thought, his forecast might ...

There is a famous quote attributable to Enrique Peñalosa, the mayor of Bogotá, Colombia from 1998 to 2001 and 2016 to 2019 and a noted advocate for expanding bicycling and bus routes during his tenure ...

India has put vaccine distribution to other countries on hold as the country battles the world’s fastest-growing Covid-19 surge. The delay in distribution is hampering the global vaccination effort.