Economic country classifications

The G20 or Group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 sovereign countries, the European Union (EU), and the African Union (AU). It works to address major issues related to the global economy, such as international financial stability, climate change mitigation and sustainable development, through annual meetings of heads of state and heads of government.

BRICS is an intergovernmental organization comprising ten countries: Brazil, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates. Its conceptual origins were articulated by Russian foreign minister Yevgeny Primakov in 1998, and can be traced to informal forums and dialogue groups such as RIC (Russia, India, and China) and IBSA (India, Brazil, and South Africa). BRIC was originally a term coined by British economist Jim O'Neill, and later championed by his employer Goldman Sachs in 2001, to designate a group of emerging markets.

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country with a developed industry and infrastructure

nation with a low living standard relative to other countries

The Group of Seven (G7) is an intergovernmental political and economic forum consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States; additionally, the European Union (EU) is a "non-enumerated member". It is organized around shared values of pluralism, liberal democracy, and representative government. G7 members are major IMF advanced economies.

category of countries on socio economic base

list of countries that exhibits the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development

United Nations coalition

developing country with high economic growth and recent industrialization and urbanization

conceptual country classification

Middle East and North Africa region

geopolitical classification

term for a group of four emerging national economies

socio-economic and political divide

country's economy that was traditionally small, but is currently expanding rapidly

extension of the three-world model

organization

developing countries with high levels of poverty and debt

group of 11 countries participating in the General Arrangements to Borrow to provide the IMF with additional funds: Japan, UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Canada, US

derogatory acronym for the economies of Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain

Highly developed high income countries

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international organization

coalition of developing countries

Brazil, South Africa, India and China in climate change negotiations

index

type of developing country which is more developed than the least developing countries, but too small, risky, or illiquid to be generally considered an emerging market

neologism that means disproportionately affected groups and territories

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subregion of the Americas

international economic cooperation agreement

country that is most developed in terms of its economy and capital markets

forum constituted by mostly developing countries aimed at easing their debt burden

group of industrially advanced countries whose central banks co-operate to regulate international finance