Some common characteristics of developing countries are:
Michael Todaoro's Three Core Values
Sustenance: the ability to maintain basic life-sustaining needs for food, shelter, health, and protection.
Self-esteem: the ability of people and communities to develop a sense of self worth, identity, dignity, and respect.
Freedom from servitude and the ability to choose: This involves expanding the range of choices for people and societies and granting them freedom from oppression from external factors.
Linking this to Developed Countries:
Developing countries generally strive to achieve these values, but will typically not have them. Technically speaking, developed countries have these - therefore, developing countries have to meet these values.
The United Nations Millenium Development Goals
The United Nations Millennium Development Goals are goals put in place by the U.N. to raise development levels of developing countries. These are:
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