News about developing countries, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

First-world countries have high GDP, diversified economies, and strong infrastructures. The term "first world" is outdated, shifting to "developed countries" due to simplification issues ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Gadani is the world's third biggest shipbreaking hub. But many ships come there illegally from Europe. We went to Pakistan to figure out why international laws are ...

PARIS: More than 14 million of the world’s most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die by ...

Global public debt rose to $102-trillion in 2024 – with developing countries accounting for nearly one third of that amount – $31-trillion – and paying a record $921-billion in interest which strains ...