Part one of term paper
"Discuss Whether The Concept Of The 'Third World' Still Has Any Validity". Firstly, in order to address this title, the term 'Third World' must first be defined in terms of it's origin and meaning. The industrial revolution in the nineteenth century led to Western-Europe and the United States becoming increasingly technological, industrialis ...

Part two of term paper
... the benefit of more developed countries this process should be encouraged. Since then terminology has altered from descriptions such as 'backward' to 'Underdeveloped' to the present use of the phrase LEDC (Less Economically Developed Country). The group of LEDC's in question have been also referred to as the 'South', from the commonly referred to Brandt Report (1980), or the Report of the Independent Commission on International Development Issues. This report stated that the 'rich developed' coun ...