New historical discovery: the change in development terminology from 1821 to 2012
This helpful development map (HT the Blattman; original) from 1821 shows by comparing country labels then and now the evolution of development terminology: 1821 label => 2012 label
Savage => Fragile States
Barbarous => Low Income
Half Civilized => Developing Country
Civilized => Emerging Market
Enlightened => G8
