ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on six aspects of development which may be used separately or in combination to attempt to define the ‘Third World’: independence, GNP per Capita and World Bank categories, industrialization, national and world integration, social indicators of development, and human development. ‘Industrialization’ can simply imply an increase in the proportion of gross domestic product (GDP) that comes from the industrial sector, and within that from manufacturing in particular. The Third World city also acts as an important entry point for the cultural milieu of fashion, food, soft drinks, TV soaps, films and music, whose total effect is often described as westernization. Such influences are difficult to measure objectively, but they are important cultural exports from the First World which can be seen as ensuring continued dependency and a demand for First World products in the future.
