Is The Philippines a Third World Country ?

[rodsky]

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First-world, third-world..archaic, obsolescent, cold-war terminology.

Nowadays, countries are classified to be either growing, or slumping. *snicker*

-RODION

[mindtrickz]

ang 3rd world na term kay pag WW2 pa man siguro ni gigamit

[PaYaSo]

Wa diay mo naminaw sa inyong idol? According to former president Gloria da Economista, as early as 2006, the Philippines is already a Second World country..

Philippines now ‘Second World,’ says Arroyo - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

and when we changed the president we go back to being a 3rd world country again.

they would even say its 4th world country if there is such a term.

[halpslip23]

ma first world or fifth world... wats important is that kanang ma feel nato ang all the good news they are toalking... wats sad is naa tingale ta money but sa taas ra gatuyok..

[jethro-tull]

We are a DEVELOPING Country for the last 50 years. It's a shame.

[gareb]

one word: anachronistic.

[Tirong-say]

Despite everevolving definitions, the concept of the third world serves to identify countries that suffer from high infant mortality, low economic development, high levels of poverty, low utilization of natural resources, and heavy dependence on industrialized nations. These are the developing and technologically less advanced nations of Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Latin America. Third world nations tend to have economies dependent on the developed countries and are generally characterized as poor with unstable governments and having high rates of population growth, illiteracy, and disease. A key factor is the lack of a middle class — with impoverished millions in a vast lower economic class and a very small elite upper class controlling the country's wealth and resources. Most third world nations also have a very large foreign debt.

Source: First, Second, and Third World - Nations Online Project

I guess as per definition
we are not totally a third world country.

[EricVillacarlos]

yes, third world jud. Anyway taas pa akong mga damgo sa pinas.

[Sarevok]

one word: anachronistic.

Had to google that one XD


I thought bitaw di na ta 3rd world katong panahon ni Gloria.

[AntitaniC]

mura raman ug just now....