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Agriculture | A country with a low per capita income. Terms such as less developed country, least developed country, underdeveloped country, poor, and southern have been used to describe developing countries. The Agricultural Trade Development Assistance Act of 1954 (P.L. 480) defines developing country, for purposes of receiving U.S. food aid, as "a country that has a shortage of foreign exchange earnings and has difficulty meeting all of its food needs through commercial channels" [Section 402(4), 7. U.S.C. 1732]. Under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture, the World Trade Organization (WTO) accords longer periods of time to developing than to developed countries to phase in required reductions in tariffs, export subsidies, and trade-distorting domestic support. The WTO allows considerable latitude to countries to designate themselves as developing for purposes of phasing in WTO obligations. However, a country's status as developed or developing can become an issue if a country is applying for membership in the WTO. China, for example, a candidate for WTO membership, has argued that it should be considered a developing country and given longer periods of time to implement WTO rules and disciplines. The United States, the European Union, Japan, and other current WTO developed country members have argued that China is too important a presence in world agriculture to be admitted to the WTO as a developing country. (references) |
Economics | A term used to describe countries that lack strong amounts of industrialization, infrastructure, and sophisticated technology, but are beginning to build these capabilities. (references) |
Health | Countries in the process of change directed toward economic growth, that is, an increase in production, per capita consumption, and income. The process of economic growth involves better utilization of natural and human resources, which results in a change in the social, political, and economic structures. (references) |
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Synonyms: DEVELOPING COUNTRIESSynonyms: Less developed countries, Underdeveloped areas. (additional references) |
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 | H. ducreyi is the primary cause for a condition know as "Human Genital Ulcer Disease" or "Chancroid", especially in developing countries. The transmission of this bacterium and HIV has been epidemiologically linked. Credit: CDC. |  | Heart Attacks Are Developing in Developing Countries : Prevent them now. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Health | Diphtheria remains endemic in developing countries. (references) | |
Worldwide, with higher incidence of amebiasis in developing countries. (references) | ||
Approximately one-third of these travelers to developing countries will get diarrhea. (references) | ||
Business | EU countries supplied almost 44% (USD 95 million) and developing countries over 53%(USD 114 million) of total imports. (references) | |
Estonia is among the world's fastest developing countries with regard to the number of PCs per capita connected to the Internet. (references) | ||
Certain German multinationals are reputed to be active in bribery in developing countries and such expenditures are still legally tax exempt. (references) | ||
Economic History | Guyana | Like many developing countries, Guyana is heavily indebted. (references) |
Guyana | As with many developing countries, Guyana is heavily indebted. (references) | |
Bangladesh | It has taken a leading role in the "Group of 48" developing countries. (references) | |
Political Economy | Sweden | It favors unrestricted immigration and generous aid to developing countries. (references) |
Sweden | Like the Liberals, the party desires more aid to developing countries and a liberal immigration policy. (references) | |
Pakistan | As in many developing countries, corruption is an unwelcome, but ubiquitous, part of the business climate in Pakistan. (references) | |
Political Rights | Guinea | Observers from various organizations affiliated chiefly with developing countries issued a statement that found no fault with the election-day vote-casting process; however, observers from European and other credible foreign organizations did not endorse that statement, which was issued before the election results were announced and which did not address the registration, campaigning, and vote-counting processes. (references) |
Trade | Switzerland | The Swiss also accord tariff preferences under the GSP to developing countries. (references) |
Australia | Many financing and guarantee programs apply only to high-risk or developing countries. (references) | |
Travel | Thailand | Thailand's road system compares favorably with that of other developing countries in the region . In fact, road transportation is considered Thailand's key transportation mode for goods and passengers. (references) |
Worker Rights | South Africa | The country also is a transit point for trafficking operations between developing countries and Europe, the United States, and Canada. (references) |
Bahrain | However, foreign workers, particularly those from developing countries, often are unwilling to report abuses for fear of losing residence rights and having to return to their countries of origin. (references) | |
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Dennis Miller | For many developing countries progress is hobbled by decades of internal strife. |
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Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Governments in the developing countries must take such facts into consideration. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | We are building the foundation for truly global cooperation, not only with Western and industrialized nations but with the developing countries as well. |
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| Language | Translations for "DEVELOPING COUNTRIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | u-lande, Udviklingslande. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Ontwikkelingslanden, O.L.. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | HI-virusta/aidsia koskevat toimet kehitysmaissa (HIV/AIDS-related operations in developing countries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pays en voie de developpement, P.V.D.. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | die Entwicklungslaender brauchen die Unterstuetzung der westlichen und der oestlichen Industrielaender. Sie koennen nichts weniger brauchen als eine Uebertragung des Ost-West-Gegensatzes in ihre Regionen (the developing countries need the support of the Western and of the Eastern industrialized countries. There is nothing they need less than a transfer of the East-West confrontation to their regions), wir muessen verhindern, dass weiter Rohstoffexploration und Erschliessungsinvestitionen in die Industrielaender verlagert werden, obschon die Entwicklungslaender oft ueber kostenguenstigere Lagerstaetten verfuegen (we must prevent any further shift of the exploration and development of commodities to the industrial countries, which is happening even though in many cases the developing countries dispose of lower-cost deposits), wir bekraeftigen erneut unseren Willen, eine strukturelle Verbesserung der Situation der Entwicklungslaender in der Weltwirtschaft zu erreichen (we reaffirm our will to achieve a structural improvement in the position of developing countries in the world economy), Humanistisches Institut für Zusammenarbeit mit Entwicklungsländern (Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries), Gemeinsamer Ministerausschuss der Gouverneursraete der Weltbank und des IWF fuer den Transfer realer Ressourcen an die Entwicklungslaender (Development Committee, Joint Ministeriel Committee of the Governors of the World Bank and the IMF on the transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries), Entwicklungsausschuss (Development Committee, Joint Ministeriel Committee of the Governors of the World Bank and the IMF on the transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries), eine solche Entwicklung wuerde es Europa gestatten, seiner weltoffenen Tradition treu zu bleiben und seine Anstrengungen zugunsten der Entwicklungslaender zu steigern (a development such as this would enable Europe to remain faithful to its traditions of being open to the world and increase its efforts on behalf of developing countries), auf dem Gebiet der Rohstoffinvestitionen muessen wir neue Kooperationsformen zwischen Industrie- und Entwicklungslaendern entwickeln (new forms of co-operation between industrialized and developing countries must be developed, on the question of investment in the field of commodities), Aktionen zur HIV/AIDS-Bekämpfung in den Entwicklungsländern (HIV/AIDS-related operations in developing countries), /die/ Gemeinschaft muss die Reformpolitik mit dem Ziel eines neuen Gleichgewichts zwischen ihrer Binnenwirtschaft und der Aussenwirtschaft fortsetzen, wobei die Interessen der Entwicklungslaender besonders zu beruecksichtigen sind (taking special account of the interests of the developing countries, we have to pursue a policy of reform aimed at achieving a new coherence between our internal economy and that of the outside world), ... dass Europa durch seinen Zusammenschluss eine Rolle spielen kann, die seiner Geschichte und seinen Faehigkeiten im Dienste des wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Fortschritts innerhalb der Gemeinschaft, zum Nutzen des Wachstums und der Industrialisierung d (of the growth and industrialization of developing countries and of peace between all nations). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Αναπτυσσόμενη Χώρα, ΑΧ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | PVS, paesi in via di sviluppo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | evelopingday ountriescay PVD, países em vias de desenvolvimento. (various references) Comité ministerial conjunto de los Consejos de los Gobernadores del Banco y del Fondo sobre la transferencia de recursos reales a los países en vías de desarrollo (Development Committee, Joint Ministeriel Committee of the Governors of the World Bank and the IMF on the transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries), Comité de Desarrollo (Development Committee, Joint Ministeriel Committee of the Governors of the World Bank and the IMF on the transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries), Acciones en el ámbito del VIH/SIDA en los países en vías de desarrollo (HIV/AIDS-related operations in developing countries). (various references) Hiv-och aidsrelaterade projekt i utvecklingsländer (HIV/AIDS-related operations in developing countries), Hiv- och aidsrelaterade projekt i utvecklingsländer (HIV/AIDS-related operations in developing countries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-e-g-i-i-l-n-n-o-o-p-r-s-t-u-v" | |
-4 letters: overdiscounting, overindulgences. | |
-5 letters: counterpoising, nondescriptive, nucleoproteins, overindulgence, revolutionised. | |
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