Quote (Norlander @ 6 May 2022 17:10)
It doesn't change the fact that the leftovers of this brigade are doomed.
They probably are. Still, this twitter account is trying really hard to paint the situation of the Ukrainian army in the darkest colors possible. A biased source is not necessarily a bad source, but we should be aware of its bias.
Quote (Hamsterbaby @ 6 May 2022 17:18)
Oh, I'm aware of how well Singapore is doing. It should be noted that cities always do better in terms of GDP per capita compared to rural regions, so the performance of city states in such comparisons is somewhat inflated.
Quote (Hamsterbaby @ 6 May 2022 17:35)
I have no idea, supposedly my country is still considered developing and Third world :P
Fun fact: the German government is still paying over €600m in foreign aid to China per year. The OECD still considers China a developing country.
Quote (ferdia @ 6 May 2022 17:29)
I wonder when wiki upgraded to developed/advanced. does it go straight from 3rd world to developed ? is developed "2nd world" ?
What Is the Third World?
"Third World" is an outdated and derogatory phrase that has been used historically to describe a class of economically developing nations. It is part of a four-part segmentation that was used to describe the world’s economies by economic status. Third World falls behind First World and Second World but was ahead of Fourth World, though Fourth-World countries were hardly recognized at all. Today, the preferred terminology is a developing nation, an underdeveloped country, or a low- and middle-income country (LMIC).
In economics, the term "emerging nation/country" is also used quite frequently to describe those countries which are a step above the poor, largely agrarian countries but also a step below the industrialized first world countries - countries like China, Vietnam, Brazil and such.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on May 6 2022 12:11pm