Editing Second World (section)

==Human development==
The Three Worlds Model was used to rank the development of countries and their economies during the Cold War. First World countries were [[Capitalism|capitalist]] and industrial; they shared similar political and economic institutions, and retained influence over parts of the former colonial world. Second World countries advocated [[socialism]] and shared certain characteristics such as centrally planned economic systems, single-party states, and mainly medium income levels.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bankoff |first1=Greg |last2=Oven |first2=Katie |title=What happened to the Second World? Earthquakes and postsocialism in Kazakhstan |journal=Disasters |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=3–24 |doi=10.1111/disa.12362 |date=24 June 2019 |pmid=31231813 |s2cid=195327230 |url=https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/OutputFile/2135562 |access-date=24 June 2021 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204425/https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/OutputFile/2135562 |url-status=live }}</ref> The First World and the Second World were competing for political and economic influence over developing nations known as the Third World.

The [[Human Development Index]] is an index used to rank countries and is quantified by looking at a country's human development such as life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators. The scale is 0–1 and they are put into one of four categories; 0-.55 is low, .55-.70 is medium, .70-.80 is high and very high tops out at .80–1.0.  The Second World countries from the Cold War era currently range from medium human development to very high human development in terms of HDI.<ref>{{cite web |title=Second World Countries Population |date=2019-10-24 |access-date=2020-02-21 |url=http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/second-world-countries/ |website=World Population Review |archive-date=21 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221220337/http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/second-world-countries/ |url-status=live }}</ref>