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Hi there,
I am new (to this page and to wikipedia editing) so apologies if I am not adhering to guidelines. Please do correct me! I think that in general, but in particular for this section we need to write about the leadership of developing countries in adapting and building resilience to climate change and that they are not just portrayed as victims. I have started to do this by adding a sentence or two on Bangladesh but there is much more that can be added. MduToit74 (talk) 13:17, 30 November 2020 (UTC)MduToit74[reply]
I took part in the previous discussion, so for people who are new, please take a look at that archived discussion link. I personally don't think this statement is true: "I think most people think of Least Developed Countries when they say Developing country". Is there any evidence for it or just a gut feeling? I don't have evidence at hand either but as far as I can see from the literature, newspaper articles, websites, blogs etc. the term "developing countries" is currently still used interchangeably with "low and middle income countries" (maybe it'll change in future?), and includes the sub-articles of e.g. Least developed countries, Small Island Developing States, Landlocked developing countries, Heavily indebted poor countries (there is probably some overlap and repetition between those articles which ought to be improved). Note that I also started a discussion here about a possible new category for "developing countries topics": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Categories#New_category_for_articles_that_deal_with_topics_in_developing_countries? Overall, the guiding principle for the naming of Wikipedia articles is WP:Commonname. It'll be interesting to hear what everyone else things. - Apart from that, nothing would stop you, Olle Terenius (UU), from improving the content of this article and adding more information, using reliable sources. A good starting point would be the section on "definitions" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developing_country#Definitions). Also the section on "opportunities" needs reworking (it's actually a left over section from an earlier version of the article). EMsmile (talk) 12:11, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Given that developing countries do not have a very coherent definition, I would not start further discussion topics related to them. In my opinion, it is better to have specific rankings of development indicators (GDP per capita, infrastructure, health, etc.) across all countries than to have very broad but not very precise articles on developing countries or to restrict attention to an arbitrarily picked set of countries. I would follow the World Bank approach in that as they are the biggest experts 99.225.143.94 (talk) 12:50, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nlivataye we can only go by what the published sources say. Do you have a publication handy that states that those countries are not grouped as developing countries? If yes, then please add that information with the source. Thanks. EMsmile (talk) 01:29, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest to delete the IMF map and downplay/discuss their definition[edit]
The IMF term, the only institutional definition at this point since the World Bank has abandoned the term and at the UN it is by self identification, is Developing and Emerging Markets and not Developing Countries. As discussed later in the article, their definition emphasizes global financial integration instead of general level of economic and social development. For this reason, I would not use their map and it is questionable whether a workable definition of developing countries exists. I would just have a historic overview, and then jump to the classification of the World Bank and Global South, etc.
In summary, I propose deleting the IMF/UN map (or keep the UN portion only), and start with the WB classification. The IMF classification is discussed later anyway. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.225.143.94 (talk) 12:38, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]