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     The term Third World was based on the idea that the "first" and "second" worlds
were made up of the free-market and centrally planned countries with advanced
industrial economies. This "developed" world was seen to include most of the
countries of Eastern and Western Europe as well as Australia, New Zealand, Japan,
the United States and Canada.
     The developing and relatively poor countries that are said to make up the Third
World can be divided into three groups: those developing rapidly, those developing
moderately, and the poorest few whose economies are not developing at all.
     At the top of the list of the Third World nations are rapidly developing countries
called Newly Industrialized Countries (NIC). Most lists of NICs include Brazil,
Argentina, Hong Kong, Israel, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea,
Taiwan, Thailand, and Yugoslavia. These "lucky few" are seen to be on their way to
joining the ranks of the advanced economies of the world.
     The bulk of the Third World consists of a large group of moderately developing
economies that includes most of the countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The
most populous countries in this group are India, China, Indonesia and Malaysia,
which together comprise more than half of the world's population.
     At the bottom of the list are the world's poorest countries, found mainly in sub-
Saharan Africa, which have so few resources and so little money that it is virtually
impossible for them to develop at all. In Somalia and Sudan, for example, there are
essentially no natural resources on which to base economic growth. This group is
sometimes called the "Fourth World".
     Although the Third World comprises three quarters of the world's population
and 90 percent of the world's population growth, it provides only 20 percent of the
world's economic production. And even though the Third World holds much of the
world's natural resources - including vast petroleum reserves in Latin America, Asia,
and the Middle East - many raw materials from the Third World are shipped abroad
for consumption in the world's wealthier and more developed countries.

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    What does the term "Third World" mean?
    What countries make up the Third World?
    What groups can the Third World be divided into?
    What countries of the Third World are at the top of the list?
    What does the bulk of the Third World consist of?
    What are the most populous countries in this group?
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