Any country late in developing an industrial base, and dependent on cash crops and unprocessed minerals; part of the developing world. The terms less developed, least developed, and developing imply that industrial development is desirable or inevitable.
The Group of 77 was established in 1964 to pressure industrialized countries into giving greater aid to less developed countries.
The ‘Sun of May’ was added in 1818. The blue bands are a shade known as ‘celeste’, said to be the colour of the sky which inspired Argentine revolutionary Manuel Belgrano before battle. Effective date: 16 August 1985.