If you talk about ~ countries or the ~ world, you mean the countries or the parts of the world that are poor and have few industries.
In the ~ world cigarette consumption is increasing.
ADJ: ADJ n
If you talk about ~ countries or the ~ world, you mean the countries or the parts of the world that are poor and have few industries.
In the ~ world cigarette consumption is increasing.
ADJ: ADJ n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012