"Third World" "Under Developed" " Developing Economies" "Un Industrialized" "Southern states " have been the terms used which have some degree of negative stigma attached to them. One of my friend is working on a Phd project on rural development programs in Asia and Africa , she is not comfortable in using these terms for her theses. Does anyone have suggestions ???? or alternative terms ???? Thanks, Sanjay Govindaraj Health Promotion Officer Community Health Department - Region of Waterloo