Editing Developing country (section)

== Related terms ==
The term low and middle-income country (LMIC) is often used interchangeably with "developing country" but refers only to the economy of the countries. [[Least developed countries]], [[landlocked developing countries]] and [[Small Island Developing States|small island developing states]] are all sub-groupings of developing countries. Countries on the other end of the spectrum are usually referred to as [[World Bank high-income economy|high-income countries]] or [[Developed country|developed countries]].

=== Global South ===
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The term "[[Global South]]" began to be used more widely since about 2004.<ref name="concept">{{cite web |last1=Pagel |first1=Heikie |last2=Ranke |first2=Karen |last3=Hempel |first3=Fabian |last4=Köhler |first4=Jonas |date=11 July 2014 |title=The Use of the Concept 'Global South' in Social Science & Humanities |url=https://www.academia.edu/7917466 |access-date=6 October 2016 |publisher=[[Humboldt University of Berlin]] |archive-date=13 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213073610/https://www.academia.edu/7917466 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Mitlin |first1=Diana |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GYdeNdKrp8sC&pg=PA13 |title=Urban Poverty in the Global South: Scale and Nature |last2=Satterthwaite |first2=David |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780415624664 |page=13 |name-list-style=vanc}}</ref> It can also include poorer "southern" regions of wealthy "northern" countries.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Braveboy-Wagner |first=Jacqueline Anne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s3s7a39GHIEC&pg=PA11 |title=The Foreign Policies of the Global South: Rethinking Conceptual Frameworks |date=2003 |publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers |isbn=9781588261755 |page=11}}</ref> The Global South refers to these countries' "interconnected histories of [[colonialism]], [[neo-imperialism]], and differential economic and social change through which large inequalities in living standards, life expectancy, and access to resources are maintained".<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Dados |first1=Nour |last2=Connell |first2=Raewyn |name-list-style=vanc |date=1 January 2012 |title=the global south |journal=Contexts |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=12–13 |doi=10.1177/1536504212436479 |jstor=41960738 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

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=== Third World ===
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