Fourth World

Summary of Fourth World

A general reference to the poorest nations of the world, i.e., those with per capita incomes under three hundred dollars. See FIRST WORLD, SECOND WORLD. Third World.

(Main Author: William J. Miller)

Fourth World

Embracing mainstream international law, this section on fourth world explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here.

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Further Reading

• The entry “fourth world” in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law, 2009), Oxford University Press