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developing nation

NOUN
undeveloped nation
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More than 400,000 Cuban military and support staff served in Africa, one of the largest deployments ever of a developing nation in the Cold War.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

Malpass, who ran the World Bank from 2019 to 2023, also said that Beijing's claim to be a developing nation was no longer credible.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

Both Japan and China are major development partners of Bangladesh, which strives to graduate from the least developed to a developing nation by 2026 on a World Trade Organization list.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2022

It also served as a conduit of Western culture — rock ‘n’ roll and reggae music, exotic foods and foreign fashion — at a time when South Korea was still a postwar, developing nation.

From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2022

Bahamas, The:   The Bahamas is a stable, developing nation with an   economy heavily dependent on tourism and offshore banking.

From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency


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