developing 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
Papua New Guinea is a diverse, developing nation of mostly subsistence farmers where some 800 languages are spoken.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2024
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
