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Developed countries


  • Here are entered works that discuss collectively those countries that are comparatively advanced in industrial capability, technological sophistication, and economic productivity.
  • This heading may be subdivided by those topical subdivisions used under names of regions, countries, etc., e.g. [Developed countries--Economic conditions,] and may be used as a geographic subdivision under those topics authorized for local subdivision, e.g. [Technology--Developed countries.]
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  • Scheme Membership(s)

  • Collection Membership(s)

  • Variants

    • Advanced countries
    • Advanced nations
    • Developed nations
    • Economically advanced countries
    • Economically advanced nations
    • First World
    • Industrial countries
    • Industrial nations
    • Industrial societies
    • Industrialized countries
    • Industrialized nations
  • Related Terms

  • Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

  • Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

  • Sources

    • found: UNBIS Thesaurus(Developed countries UF Industrialized countries)
    • found: Legislative Indexing Vocabulary(Developed countries UF Industrialized countries)
    • found: ERIC Thesaurus(Developed nations UF Advanced nations UF Economically advanced nations UF Industrial nations)
    • found: UMI Thesaurus(Industrialized nations)
    • found: Women's Thesaurus(Developed nations)
    • found: Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms(Industrial societies UF Industrial countries UF Developed countries)
    • found: American Heritage dict.(First World)
    • found: Encarta dict.(First World)
  • General Notes

    • Here are entered works that discuss collectively those countries that are comparatively advanced in industrial capability, technological sophistication, and economic productivity.
    • This heading may be subdivided by those topical subdivisions used under names of regions, countries, etc., e.g. [Developed countries--Economic conditions,] and may be used as a geographic subdivision under those topics authorized for local subdivision, e.g. [Technology--Developed countries.]
  • Change Notes

    • 2003-09-16: new
    • 2003-10-06: revised
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