Is the Philipines a 3rd world country?

Question

Is the Philipines a 3rd world country?

Answer 1

You better believe it, baby. It makes no difference what term you use.  

Answer 2

Yes, and that's the sad fact....

Answer 3

You don't even need to use 3rd world. Just say it's a poor country because it IS! Filipinos don't like it but they know it's true and they keep denying it and that is one of the reasons why it remains a poor country. Filipinos just go along with it and don't care to even try to improve it. That is why so many want to immigrate to the U.S. .

Answer 4

yes. at least we arent a fourth world countries.

the philippines is certainly not a first world country. and it's not communist, so its not a second world. and its not one of the least developed countries. so the only category is third world.

if we all chip in i'm sure it'll change.. i just don't know how long it'll take

Answer 5

The term "third Word country" has been rendered obsolete and outdated, check it out yourself. There is no more "second world country"- which was how they used to describe the communist block. It has long been gone, and so are the terms "first world" , the "second world" and "the third world". USSR has been disbanded and is now composed of 15 tiny nations.

People, particularly Filipinos should stop accepting this term for this is very insulting and demeaning. True, the country's GDP/GNP is not something to be proud of, but there are economic terms which is more respectable and more acceptable to all.

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

Emerging Developing Country = 3rd World Country

So, yes...

Answer 8

if you mean 3rd world as "poor", yes it is, amidst all the accounting/economic/financial whatever  reports the government is showing.

look at the people, look at the streets, look at how tired they look trying to make ends meet only to find out at the end of the day that it never will.

sometimes i wonder, until when can we keep the smile the Filipinos are famous for?

Answer 9

This is an arcane economic term meant to differentiate various countries according to some arbitrary standard of economic development......

Naturally it was coined by a writer in a "first world country".....

Personally I find it over used and not very effective in defining a country.....It has also taken on certain derogatory connotations that are not valid nor even intended by the labels creator

Answer 10

I love how everyone is trying to be politically correct when it, in fact, does not change things. The philippines IS a third-world country, rife with corruption and a really poor standard of living. No amount of candy-coating is going to change that fact.

Answer 11

yes, during the Cold war era...

we are also a "developing country", and part of the "emerging markets" in the world... we are as well considered a "newly industrialized country as of 2007"...

Answer 12

some would say it is but smole(the resident midget of malakanyang) claims it to be a developing tiger.

Answer 13

The term "3rd world country" is frowned upon these days as a relic of the Cold War (America and its allies were the 1st world, with the Soviet bloc being 2nd world... everything else was called the 3rd world and not considered worth much).

The proper terms these days are developed country and emerging or developing country. Countries are placed in these categories based how their overall economy is divided between three sectors: primary sector (mining, farming, fishing), secondary (manufacturing), tertiary (service industry). Standard of living is also a factor in how the country is classified.

According to the International Monetary Fund, the Philippines is classified as an "Emerging and Developing Economy"

Answer 14

Yes, the country is under that "Third World" classification. And the same time, the country is a "Newly industrialized country".

NICs are countries whose economies have not yet reached first world status but have, in a macroeconomic sense, outpaced their developing counterparts. Another characterization of NICs is that of nations undergoing rapid economic growth (usually export-oriented). Incipient or ongoing industrialization is an important indicator of a NIC. In many NICs, social upheaval can occur as primarily rural, agricultural populations migrate to the cities, where the growth of manufacturing concerns and factories can draw many thousands of laborers.