Talk:Developing country

message: This article says Poland is developing, but "developed" is literally the 4th word in the article summary for Poland when you search "Poland wiki." The article makes it sound like Poland is a rich country, but this one says it is developing. Why? 5.173.130.112 (talk) 22:35, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The information in the article states "The following are considered developing economies according to the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook Database, October 2018." Is there a newer, updated list available? Or perhaps we can provide a second list using a different source/database? It's not just Poland that is listed there by the way but other Eastern European countries as well. I agree it seems counter-intuitive, so as soon as we have a different source or database let's update this information. EMsmile (talk) 02:05, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poland is developing… And developed?  

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message: I am wondering if we should move most or all of the content that is currently under "Common characteristics" in the article on Global South to here. This way, that article could focus on the term "Global South" and what it is used for. Those characteristics overlap with content at developing countries and I think it should be moved here.EMsmile (talk) 06:26, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I've done this proposed work now. Any comments? EMsmile (talk) 04:16, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposal to move content from [[Global South]] to here

message: Hi there, 
I am new (to this page and to wikipedia editing) so apologies if I am not adhering to guidelines. Please do correct me! I think that in general, but in particular for this section we need to write about the leadership of developing countries in adapting and building resilience to climate change and that they are not just portrayed as victims. I have started to do this by adding a sentence or two on Bangladesh but there is much more that can be added. MduToit74 (talk) 13:17, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for making this edit, MduToit74! That's a good move and we need more of that... EMsmile (talk) 02:09, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Climate Change 

message: In the introduction, it says that Developing country is equal to LMIC, whereas I think most people think of Least Developed Countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_developed_countries when they say Developing country. In the 1970's the world, in regards to income, looked like a Bactrian Camel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bactrian_camel while it since the last 20 years or so looks more like a Dromedary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromedary, see the 1970 compared to 2015 figures here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World#Great_Divergence_and_Great_Convergence. Less than 10% of the world's population live in countries that are low-income and thus in what we used to call Developing countries. Perhaps a billion or so live in high income countries, so left are more than 5 billion people, the bulk of humanity, who lives in middle-income countries. The terms Developing/Developed countries are therefore out-dated as the world no longer is divided in two. Let's take Hunger as an example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger#/media/File:Hunger_Map_2020_World_Food_Programme.svg. Some countries in Europe (Developed Countries) have a higher proportion of people suffering from hunger than a quite large number of countries in Developing countries. So, just like the use of 1st/2nd/3rd world countries describing how the Cold War divided the world, but where people still use Third World countries as a term for low-income countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-world_model, I would like to change the content in the article so that the term Developing country also is viewed as a term belonging to how the world was divided, but not is anymore. -- Please also refer to the page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Developing_country/Archive_1#Discussion_about_name_change_(again) for a previous similar discussion. Olle Terenius (UU) (talk) 15:56, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I took part in the previous discussion, so for people who are new, please take a look at that archived discussion link. I personally don't think this statement is true: "I think most people think of Least Developed Countries when they say Developing country". Is there any evidence for it or just a gut feeling? I don't have evidence at hand either but as far as I can see from the literature, newspaper articles, websites, blogs etc. the term "developing countries" is currently still used interchangeably with "low and middle income countries" (maybe it'll change in future?), and includes the sub-articles of e.g. Least developed countries, Small Island Developing States, Landlocked developing countries, Heavily indebted poor countries (there is probably some overlap and repetition between those articles which ought to be improved). Note that I also started a discussion here about a possible new category for "developing countries topics": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Categories#New_category_for_articles_that_deal_with_topics_in_developing_countries?  Overall, the guiding principle for the naming of Wikipedia articles is WP:Commonname. It'll be interesting to hear what everyone else things. - Apart from that, nothing would stop you, Olle Terenius (UU), from improving the content of this article and adding more information, using reliable sources. A good starting point would be the section on "definitions" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developing_country#Definitions). Also the section on "opportunities" needs reworking (it's actually a left over section from an earlier version of the article). EMsmile (talk) 12:11, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Developing country as a historical term 

message: How is UAE, Qatar, and the gulf countries except Yemen not developed?🤫🤫🤫 democratic no but developed yes Nlivataye (talk) 15:57, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Nlivataye we can only go by what the published sources say. Do you have a publication handy that states that those countries are not grouped as developing countries? If yes, then please add that information with the source. Thanks. EMsmile (talk) 01:29, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Most likely human rights and violence agaisnt women. 13Sundin (talk) 08:44, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Gulf, Chile, Mauritius, Seychelles 

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