What is developing country?

A developing world, also called a less developed

country or an underdeveloped country, is a nation
or a sovereign state with a less developed
industrial base and a low Human Development Index
(HDI) relative to other countries
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The term "developing" describes a currently observed
situation and not a dynamic or expected direction of
progress. Since the late 1990s developing countries
tended to demonstrate higher growth rates than the
developed ones.[
Definition
According to authors such as Walt Whitman Rostow,

developing countries are in transition from

traditional lifestyles towards the modern lifestyle
which began in the Industrial Revolution in the 18th
and 19th centuries.
Criteria for what is not a developed country can
be obtained by inverting the factors that define a
developed country:

people have lower life expectancy

people have less education and literacy rate
people have less money (income)
women have higher fertility rate and pregnancy
Priority health risks in developing
countries

Unsafe water
 Indoor smoke
Tropical and infectious diseases
 Air pollution
Climate change
 Road traffic accidents
 Unintentional poisoning
Future trends and emerging issues

Population growth in the urban areas of poor

countries.
 Rapid environmental and health hazards.
air pollution.
 Non communicable diseases.
 Physical inactivity leading to death.
Unsustainable use of energy resources.
Least access to clean water.
Factors hindering growth

Illness/Disease (malaria, tuberculosis, AIDS, etc.):

Illness imposes high and regressive cost burdens on
families in developing countries.
Malnutrition/Underdevelopment of the body and
brain.
Knowledge gap .
Political instability .
 Political corruption.
 Child Marriage